watching

Meaning

present participle and gerund of watch

watching

guarding

observation

following

seeing

monitoring

protection

surveillance

looking

noticing

preservation

looking for

observance

motionless

stand erect

observing

running after

attention

watchfulness

scrutinization

review

looking out for

search after

seeking for

being awake

exerting

preserving

protecting

wait Expectation

vigilant

expecting

waiting

patrol

caution

defence

guard

vigilance

lie in ambush

hidden

custody

waking

spying

overseeing

supervising

eyes

observant

viewing

attent

heedy

listful

mindful

on one’s toes

sharp-eyed

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɑt͡ʃɪŋ/

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New

watch

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.