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# watch

«watch» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look at something for a while** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (watch, watches, watched, watching); noun (a watch, watches)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To watch is to look at something for a while. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#m1)

2) To watch someone or something is to take care of it or keep it safe: «Watch your little brother». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#m2)

3) To watch out is to be careful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#m3)

4) A watch is a small clock you wear on your wrist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#m4)

5) A watch can also be a turn spent awake and on guard, keeping people or places safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

looking at the table to see the changes; a watch tells the time; «watch out» warns of danger; phrases: «watch TV», «watch out», «keep watch», «watch your step», «look at your watch»

### examples

- Watch, count, and imagine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x1)
- Ben watched 3 films on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x2)
- Anna watches 4 birds land on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x3)
- Watch out for cars when you cross! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x4)
- Can you watch the baby for a minute? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x5)
- My watch says it is 3 o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x6)
- We watched the moon rise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x7)
- Watch your step on the icy path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/#x8)

### note

Plural noun: watches. Carries no operation clue; the verb that tells the change decides. «watch» = look for a while at something that moves or changes; «see» = notice with your eyes.

### In the corpora

- [The wedding is a fact the whole world watched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/6/)
- [Royal news also has words to watch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/10/)
- [Vivid example: in a kitchen in Cork, Mum watches the breakfast show while Oscar eats his cereal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/3/)
- [Arguments on TV get people watching, so some are allowed or even planned; that does not make shouting a good idea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/18/)
- [Vivid example: in a lounge in Auckland, Alfie watches young people in a villa shouting at each other.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «watch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.