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~1 v 1 »LOOK AT« to look at and pay attention to something that is happening  (Do you want to join in or just sit and watch? | watch sb/sth)  (Harriet watched the man with interest as he walked in. | watch sb do/doing sth)  (Jack watched them slowly climb the wall. | watch television/a video/a film etc)  (The Presidential debate was watched by over 10 million people. | watch what/how/when etc)  (Watch how I do it.) 2 »BE CAREFUL« to be careful with something  (watch (that))  (Watch the milk doesn't boil over. | watch what/how/where etc)  (Watch what you're doing with that knife! | watch your weight (=be careful not to get fat)) 3 »LOOK AFTER« to look after someone or something so that nothing bad happens to them  (Can you watch the kids for a couple of hours tonight?) 4 »SECRETLY« to secretly watch a person or place  (I feel like I'm being watched.) 5 watch yourself to control how you behave or what you do  (I have to watch myself when it comes to eating chocolate.) 6 watch your step informal used to warn someone to be careful, especially about making someone angry  (You'd better watch your step or you'll be in trouble again.) 7 watch the clock informal to keep checking to see if it is time to stop what you are doing, instead of doing it 8 watch this space informal an expression used especially in newspapers to tell people to wait because things are going to develop further 9 watch the world go by to spend time looking at what is happening around you  (Bill likes to sit in the park and watch the world go by.) 10 watch the time to make sure you know what time it is to avoid being late for something 11 watch it! a) used to tell someone to be more careful, especially in a dangerous situation  (Watch it! You nearly knocked my head off with that ladder!) b) used to threaten someone  (Just watch it, right, or I'll get you!) 12 watch yourself used to warn someone to be careful not to hurt themselves, get into danger etc  (Hey, watch yourself, that's very hot!) 13 watch this/just watch used to make someone watch you while you do something  (Watch this! I'm going to balance this bottle on my nose.) 14 you watch used to tell someone to watch something because you know what is going to happen  (You watch. Every time she goes out he follows her.) 15 watch what you're doing used to tell someone to do something more carefully  (Watch what you're doing! You're spilling it everywhere.) 16 watch your mouth used to tell someone rudely or angrily to be careful what they say  (You'd better watch your mouth, young man!) watch for phr v to wait and be ready something  (The prisoners watched for a chance to escape) watch out phr v I usually in imperative) spoken used to tell someone to be careful  (Watch out! There's a car coming.) watch out for sth/sb phr v 1 to keep looking and waiting for someone or something  (Watch out for a tall man in a black hat.) 2 to be careful of something  (You have to watch out for fast traffic along here.) watch over sb/sth phr v to guard or take care of someone or something  (a shepherd watching over his sheep) ~2 n 1 »CLOCK« a small clock that you wear on your wrist or carry in your pocket  (My watch has stopped.) 2 »ACT OF WASHING« the act of watching something carefully in order to warn people of any danger  (keep watch)  (I kept watch while the others slept.) 3 keep a (close) watch on a) to check a situation carefully so that you always know what is happening and are ready to deal with it  (UN forces are keeping a close watch on the area.) b) to watch someone carefully, either because you think they may be doing something illegal, or in order to make sure they are safe  (Police kept a 24-hour watch on the house.) 4 keep a watch out for to look carefully in order to try and find someone or something, while you are doing other things 5 be on the watch (for) to be looking and waiting for something that might happen or someone you might see  (You should always be on the watch for pickpockets.) 6 »PEOPLE« a group of people employed to guard or protect someone or something 7 »GUARDING STH« a fixed period of the day or night when a group of people must look carefully for any signs of danger or attack  (the first watch | be on watch)  (Who's on watch tonight?) 8 the watches of the night poetical a period of the night when you are awake 9 the (night) watch the group of policemen in former times who were responsible for keeping a town or city safe at night  (- see also neighbourhood watch)
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  I. [c red]LOOKING AND PAYING ATTENTION (watches, watching, watched) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please look at category 15 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If you watch someone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening. The man was standing in his doorway watching him... He watched the barman prepare the beer he had ordered... Chris watched him sipping his brandy... I watched as Amy ate a few nuts. VERB: V n, V n inf, V n -ing, V 2. If you watch something on television or an event such as a sports match, you spend time looking at it, especially when you see it from the beginning to the end. I’d stayed up late to watch the film... They spent a great deal of time watching television. VERB: V n, V n 3. If you watch a situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it. Human rights groups have been closely watching the case... Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by. VERB: V n, V 4. If you watch people, especially children or animals, you are responsible for them, and make sure that they are not in danger. Parents can’t be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day. VERB: V n 5. If you watch someone, you follow them secretly or spy on them. Ella was scared that someone was watching her... VERB: V n 6. If you tell someone to watch a particular person or thing, you are warning them to be careful that the person or thing does not get out of control or do something unpleasant. You really ought to watch these quiet types... If you’re watching the calories, don’t have mayonnaise. VERB: V n, V n 7. A watch is a period of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that you can warn them of danger or an attack. I had the first watch that May evening. N-COUNT 8. If someone keeps watch, they...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   I. verb  Etymology: Middle English wacchen, from Old English w?ccan — more at wake  Date: before 12th century  intransitive verb  1.  a. to keep vigil as a devotional exercise  b. to be awake during the night  2.  a. to be attentive or vigilant  b. to keep guard  3.  a. to keep someone or something under close observation  b. to observe as a spectator the country ~ed as stocks fell sharply  4. to be expectant ; wait ~ for the signal  transitive verb  1. to keep under guard  2.  a. to observe closely in order to check on action or change being ~ed by the police  b. to look at ; observe sat and ~ed the crowd  c. to look on at ~ television ~ a ball game  3.  a. to take care of ; tend  b. to be careful of ~es his diet  4. to be on the alert for ; bide ~ed her opportunity  II. noun  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. the act of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend  b. obsolete the state of being wakeful  c. a wake over a dead body  d. a state of alert and continuous attention  e. close observation ; surveillance  f. a notice or bulletin that alerts the public to the possibility of severe weather conditions occurring in the near future a winter storm ~  2.  a. any of the definite divisions of the night made by ancient peoples  b. one of the indeterminate intervals marking the passage of night — usually used in plural the silent ~es of the night  3.  a. lookout, ~man  b. archaic the office or function of a sentinel or guard  4.  a. a body of soldiers or sentinels making up a guard  b. a ~man or body of ~men formerly assigned to patrol the streets of a town at night, announce the hours, and act as police  5.  a.  (1) a portion of time during which a part of a ship's company is on duty  (2) the part of a ship's company required to be on duty during a particular ~  (3) a sailor's assigned duty period  b. a period of duty ; shift  c. a term as holder especially of an overseeing or managerial office the business grew on her ~  6. a portable...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  v. & n. --v. 1 tr. keep the eyes fixed on; look at attentively. 2 tr. a keep under observation; follow observantly. b monitor or consider carefully; pay attention to (have to watch my weight; watched their progress with interest). 3 intr. (often foll. by for) be in an alert state; be vigilant; take heed (watch for the holes in the road; watch for an opportunity). 4 intr. (foll. by over) look after; take care of. 5 intr. archaic remain awake for devotions etc. --n. 1 a small portable timepiece for carrying on one's person. 2 a state of alert or constant observation or attention. 3 Naut. a a four-hour spell of duty. b (in full starboard or port watch) each of the halves, divided according to the position of the bunks, into which a ship's crew is divided to take alternate watches. 4 hist. a watchman or group of watchmen, esp. patrolling the streets at night. 5 a former division of the night. 6 a period of wakefulness at night. 7 hist. irregular Highland troops in the 18th c. Phrases and idioms on the watch waiting for an expected or feared occurrence. set the watch Naut. station sentinels etc. watch-case the outer metal case enclosing the works of a watch. watch-chain a metal chain for securing a pocket-watch. Watch Committee hist. (in the UK) the committee of a county borough council dealing with policing etc. watch-glass 1 a glass disc covering the dial of a watch. 2 a similar disc used in a laboratory etc. to hold material for use in experiments. watching brief see BRIEF. watch it (or oneself) colloq. be careful. watch-night 1 the last night of the year. 2 a religious service held on this night. watch out 1 (often foll. by for) be on one's guard. 2 as a warning of immediate danger. watch-spring the mainspring of a watch. watch one's step proceed cautiously. watch-strap esp. Brit. a strap for fastening a watch on the wrist. watch-tower a tower from which observation can be kept. Derivatives watchable adj. watcher n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE w{aelig}cce (n.), rel. to WAKE(1) ...
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4.
  1) часы 2) вахта 3) наблюдение; контроль 4) дежурство в эфире, радионаблюдение дежурить в эфире, наблюдать за эфиром - area watch - meteorological watch - scheduled watch - solid-state watch - stop watch - tsunami watch - weather watch ...
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
5.
  1) наблюдение; наблюдать 2) (радио)вахта – acoustic radio watch – listening watch ...
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
6.
  1) наблюдать 2) следить 3) смотровой 4) сторожевой 5) часовой 6) часы assume listening watch — заступать на дежурный прием maintain listening watch — вести дежурный прием relinquish listening watch — прекращать дежурный прием - listening watch - nonmagnetic watch - relinquish the watch - set watch backward - set watch forward - watch buoy - watch in telescope ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
7.
  1. сущ. 1) потр. часы (карманные, наручные) Syn: wristwatch 2) а) общ. наблюдение, надзор, присмотр to keep a close watch on smb./smth. — внимательно следить за кем-л./чем-л. б) мор. вахта; дежурство to keep watch, to be on watch — нести вахту watch officer — вахтенный офицер 3) а) общ. наблюдатель, караульный, сторож, вахтенный б) общ., устар. дозор, стража, караул the town watch — городская стража night watch — ночной дозор, ночная стража 4) общ. предупреждение (о возможности плохой погоды или стихийного бедствия; это предупреждение делает национальная или локальная метеослужба) flood watch — предупреждение о возможности наводнения hurricane watch — предупреждение о возможности урагана tornado watch — предупреждение о возможности смерчей storm watch — штормовое предупреждение A Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be issued when conditions are favorable for development of severe thunderstorms. — Штормовое предупреждение делается, когда возникают благоприятные условия для сильной грозы. See: warning, advisory 2. гл. 1) а) общ. наблюдать, следить (за развитием событий и т. п.) to watch the development of affairs — следить за развитием событий to watch one's diet — соблюдать диету б) общ. смотреть (о визуальном наблюдении) Watch what I do and how I do. — Смотри, что я делаю и как я это делаю. Are you going to play or only watch? — Ты...
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
8.
  наблюдение, надзор; наблюдать, охранять ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
9.
  1. часы (наручные, карманные) he set his watch by mine —- он поставил свои часы по моим my watch has run down —- мои часы остановились 2. мор. корабельный хронометр 3. (over) пристальное наблюдение; надзор; присмотр to keep watch over smth., smb. —- наблюдать (следить) за чем-л., кем-л.; сторожить (караулить) что-л., кого-л. to keep a (good) watch —- внимательно (бдительно) следить или сторожить 4. (for) высматривание on the watch for smth., smb. —- в ожидании чего-л., кого-л. to be on the watch for —- подкарауливать, поджидать to be on the watch for an opportunity —- выжидать удобного случая 5. мор. вахта starboard watch —- первая вахта; вахта правого борта (часть команды) watch and watch —- деление команды на две вахты watch below —- подвахтенные; время, свободное от вахты watch off —- подвахтенные; время, свободное от вахты watch fall in! —- очередной смене построиться! (команда) 6. мор. дежурство to keep watch, to be on watch —- нести вахту watch officer —- вахтенный офицер 7. шотл. наблюдательный пункт на горе; сторожевой холм 8. ист. стража; караул, (ночной) дозор the town watch —- городская стража 9. ист. сторож; страж, часовой 10. ист. оклик или крик ночного дозора 11. ист. стража (часть ночи) in the watches of the night —- возв. в ночные стражи, ночью; в бессонные ночные часы, во время ночного бдения Id:...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  TV смотреть телевизор WATCH I noun  1) часы (карманные, наручные); by/my watch - по моим часам; he set his watch by mine - он поставил свои часы по моим - dress watch  2) attr. watch band - ремешок для наручных часов II  1. noun  1) внимание; наблюдение; бдительность - keep watch - be on the watch  2) сторож; obs. страж; стража, дозор  3) obs. бодрствование; in the watches of the night - в бессонные ночные часы  4) hist. стража (часть ночи)  5) naut. вахта to pass as a watch in the night - исчезнуть без следа  2. v.  1) наблюдать, следить; смотреть; watch that he doesnt fall - смотри, чтобы он не упал - watch TV - watch it  2) бодрствовать; дежурить  3) караулить; сторожить, охранять (тж. watch over)  4) выжидать, ждать (тж. watch for); Will you watch for the bus while I go into the shop for a moment? - watch in - watch out - watch over a watched pot never boils - когда ждешь, время тянется to watch ones step -  а) ступать осторожно;  б) действовать осмотрительно Syn: see see WATCH and ward неусыпная бдительность WATCH by a persons bed-side ухаживать за больным WATCH in встречать Новый год WATCH it coll. быть осторожным WATCH out остерегаться; watch out осторожно! WATCH over охранять; Ive watched over passengers on this line for nearly forty years. WATCH television смотреть телевизор ...
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11.
  perf. arts abbr. Washington Area Theatre Community Honors religion abbr. Watchmen Alert To Cultic Harrassment religion abbr. Words Actions Thoughts Character Habit law abbr. Washington Access To Criminal History pos. abbr. Writers And Their Copyright Holders ...
English abbreviation dictionary
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  See: BIRD WATCHER, BEAR WATCHING, ON THE WATCH. ...
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