watch

verb

uk

watch verb (LOOK AT)

A1 [ I or T ]

[ + obj + infinitive without to ] I watched him get into a cab.

I got the feeling I was being watched.

[ + obj + -ing verb ] I sit by the window and watch people walking past.

[ + question word ] Just watch how he slides that ball in past the goalkeeper.

Bonner watched helplessly as they drove away without him.

• lookLook over there! A rainbow!
• watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
• glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
• peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
• peekHe peeked inside the box.
• stareDon’t stare at people like that – it’s rude.

[ T ]

• care forShe had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother.
• take care ofI just want to make enough money to take care of my family.
• look afterMy aunt looked after me after my parents died.
• nurseHe nursed me back to health.
• tendHe lived a quiet life, tending his garden and his hives.

• accommodate
• accommodation
• all eyes are on someone/something idiom
• astigmatic
• beholder
• cast
• chart
• discern
• fix
• glare
• have a butcher’s idiom
• penetrating
• re-sight
• rest on someone/something
• resurvey
• rubbernecking
• scope
• sighting
• survey
• tab

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watch verb (BE CAREFUL)

I have to watch my weight (= be careful not to become too heavy) now I’m not exercising so much.

[ + (that) ] Watch (that) you don’t get glue on your fingers.

[ + question word ] Watch what you’re doing with that knife, Jim, it’s sharp.

• attention span
• attentiveness
• be good, and if you can’t be good, be careful idiom
• be on (your) guard idiom
• cared-for
• guard
• handle/treat someone with kid gloves idiom
• hang
• hang on/upon something
• have a care idiom
• religion
• revolve
• revolve around someone/something
• safety
• safety first idiom
• see past something
• sit
• the/a glare of something idiom
• zero
• Zoom

Ngữ pháp

Look at, see or watch?

When we look at something, we direct our eyes in its direction and pay attention to it: …

See

See means noticing something using our eyes. The past simple form is saw and the -ed form is seen: …

Watch as a verb

Watch is similar to look at, but it usually means that we look at something for a period of time, especially something that is changing or moving: …

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watch

noun

uk

watch noun (SMALL CLOCK)

watch noun (LOOKING)

[ S or U ]

[ S ]

[ C ]

the night watch

on someone’s watch

at a time when someone is in charge of a particular situation and responsible for what happens:

The President exaggerated the number of jobs that were created on his watch.

• I sometimes just look out the window and keep a watch on the comings and goings of everyone in the street.
• Her parents used to keep a jealous watch over her when she was young.
• Management keep a close watch on bullying in the workplace.
• She keeps a close watch on her husband to see that he behaves himself.
• You need to keep a close watch on him. He’s a real troublemaker.

• accommodate
• accommodation
• all eyes are on someone/something idiom
• astigmatic
• beholder
• cast
• chart
• discern
• fix
• glare
• have a butcher’s idiom
• penetrating
• re-sight
• rest on someone/something
• resurvey
• rubbernecking
• scope
• sighting
• survey
• tab

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