watch

watch is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɒtʃ/
• (US) IPA: /wɑːtʃ/
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Noun

Singular watch

Plural watches

A watch

1. (countable) A watch is a little clock on a person's arm near the person's hand, to measure time.

   The person looks at his watch and has a thought that he is late.

Verb

Plain form watch

Third-person singular watches

Past tense watched

Past participle watched

Present participle watching

1. To watch is to look for a long time or to look at somebody doing something.

   Yesterday I watched the person cook the food and now I know how to cook the food.