watch

(Engels)

Noun

1. A portable or wearable timepiece.
2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
4. 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.
5. A person or group of people who guard.
6. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
7. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
8. A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
9. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
2. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
3. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
4. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
5. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
6. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
8. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
9. To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To be awake.
11. (obsolete, transitive) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wacche

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wæċċe

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wacchen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wæċċan

In summary

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.

Concepten

horloge

⌚

kijken

toezien

⌚

kijken naar

wacht

klok

toekijken

bekijken

uurwerk

schouwen

👀

waarnemen

blikken

gadeslaan

aangaan

gelden

betreffen

raken

aanschouwen

polshorloge

zien

👀

bespioneren

op de uitkijk staan

hoeden

bewaken

uitkijken

⌚

volgen

beschouwen

bewaren

waarneming

bewaker

💂

wachter

💂

bewaarder

de wacht hebben

tijdklok

observeren

toeschouwen

toeschouwer zijn

toezicht

verdediger

voorstander

waakzaamheid

waken over

waker

zakhorloge

kilometerteller

voogdes

wake

waken

naogen

toekijken

Synoniemen

guard

💂

clock

observe

see

👀

look at

look

view

timepiece

keep an eye on

wristwatch

sentry

regard

sentinel

watch over

protect

spy on

look after

vigil

stare

consider

deem

monitor

patrol

watchman

follow

lookout

look out

surveillance

behold

keep

spy

scout

protection

pay attention to

supervise

gaze

picket

mind

pertain

concern

involve

oversee

custody

catch

watch out

tend

take in

keep watch

look on

ticker

Vertalingen

regarder

orologio

montre

⌚

guardare

reloj

mirar

Uhr

surveiller

osservare

observer

beobachten

⌚

betrachten

olhar

ansehen

observar

Zinnen

Shall we watch a film at the cinema this afternoon ?

Zullen we vanmiddag een film kijken in de bioscoop?

Many villages also have a Neighborhood Watch program in force .

Veel dorpen hebben ook een buurthorlogeprogramma van kracht.