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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 person or group of people who guard.
  5. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  6. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
  7. (nautical) 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).
  8. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “I checked my watch and realized that I still had plenty of time to grab a coffee before my meeting.”
      “Detectives have been keeping a close watch on the suspects' activities.”
      “The castle watch would stop the travelers at the gates.”
watcher
  1. Someone who watches or observes.
  2. Someone who keeps vigil.
  3. A guard.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “As a dedicated watcher, Michael kept a close eye on the premises, ensuring no unauthorized individuals entered the building.”
      “The security guard is a diligent watcher, keeping a close eye on the surveillance cameras at all times.”
      “Ever the inveterate people watcher, I used to sit in the stands and study the folk down in the boxes.”
watchfulness
  1. The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The mood in security circles was one of watchfulness and preparation for swift but discreet action.”
      “For all their press releases promising watchfulness, the candidates have become increasingly addicted to bundlers.”
      “Medical men of the highest grade have been insistent of late years on the need for watchfulness to catch the early signs of fatigue.”
watchman
  1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The watchman scanned the area for any signs of trouble.”
      “The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility.”
      “On one occasion he was discovered by the night watchman surrounded by neat piles of bits and pieces of a film projector.”
watchcase
  1. The casing that holds the mechanism of a watch.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is a multifunction, digital-time-keeping display, analog time display and a l00-meter water resistant watchcase.”
      “He had been apprenticed to his father, a watchcase engraver in the watch trade in Spon End.”
      “KnucklesThe rounded parts of a watchcase that form the hinges or joints.”
watchfire
  1. A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
watchspring
  1. A spring in a mechanical watch (timepiece).
watchmaking
  1. The making (and repairing) of watches
watchmaker
  1. A person who repairs (and originally made) watches.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He introduced one of the most famous metaphors in the philosophy of science, the image of the watchmaker.”
      “Vince said it had taken a watchmaker 18 months to chisel the pattern out of a cardboard-thin slice of rare earth magnet.”
      “Of Armenian descent, he is a watchmaker, pursuing a craft for which the people of the old country are well known.”
watchphone
  1. (chiefly science fiction) A watch with telephone capabilities.
watchmate
  1. A companion during a watch.
watchstander
  1. (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
watchchain
  1. A chain attached to a watch.
watchwoman
watchable
  1. Something to be watched, or worth watching.
watchstanding
  1. Standing on watch on a ship.
watching
  1. The act of one who watches.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Overpowered by his exertions, he lays his head back on his pillows and closes his eyes for not more than a minute, when he again resumes his watching of the weather and his attention to the muffled sounds.”
watches
watchstanders
  1. plural of watchstander
watchfulnesses
watchsprings
  1. plural of watchspring
watchwomen
watchchains
  1. plural of watchchain
watchmakers
watchphones
  1. plural of watchphone
watchcases
  1. plural of watchcase
watchfires
  1. plural of watchfire
watchables
  1. plural of watchable
watchmates
  1. plural of watchmate
watchmen
  1. plural of watchman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The fair wind shows the watchmen on the walls a black fleet coming up the river.”
      “As a result, there are over a hundred security companies supplying bodyguards and watchmen for those that can afford it.”
      “Even hostels come with curfews, watchmen, wardens especially when they house girls.”
watchings
watchers
  1. plural of watcher
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The captured coast watchers were beheaded by the Japanese in retaliation for an American air raid on Betio.”
      “One telling anecdote earlier this year had watchdog watchers aghast and amazed.”
      “What would happen if students became active authors of animations rather than passive watchers?”
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