watch
/ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
noun
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
noun
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
noun
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
Example Sentences
- "Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband"
- "More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough."
- "He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am."
- "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes."
- "shepherds keeping watch by night"
- "All the long night their mournful watch they keep."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wacche, wæċċe, *weǵ-, wacchen, wæċċan, *wakkjan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
- British English: /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
watches (plural)
watches (present, singular)
watching (participle, present)
watched (participle, past)
watched (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
watched (first person, past)
watchest (archaic, present)
watched (past, second person)
watchedst (archaic, past)
watcheth (archaic, present)