watch

watch is on the Basic English 850 List.
waste - watch - water
Category:BE850
watch is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
waste - watch - water

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
watch

Plural
watches

Category:Nouns
A pocket watch.
A wrist watch.
  1. (countable)Category:Countable nouns A watch is a little clock on a person's arm near the person's hand, to measure time.
    The person looks at his watch and has a thought that he is late.
  2. A watch is the period of time on duty for crews who are working together.

Verb

Plain form
watch

Third-person singular
watches

Past tense
watched

Past participle
watched

Present participle
watching

Category:VerbsCategory:Regular verbs
  1. To watch is to look for a long time or to look at somebody doing something.
    Yesterday I watched the person cook the food and now I know how to cook the food.
Category:Clocks
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