watch

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /wɒtʃ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /wɑːtʃ/
• (AU) (NZ) IPA ^(key): /wɔt͡ʃ/

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Noun

Singular watch

Plural watches

A watch.

1. (countable) 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.

Verb

Plain form watch

Third-person singular watches

Past tense watched

Past participle watched

Present participle watching

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.