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watch
What does watch mean?
watch (verb): look attentively.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use watch in a sentence?
- Watch a basketball game. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does watch come from?
From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to watch
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “watch” mean?
look attentively
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open the lock of
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to raise or rise
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to go along with
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