watch
- noun
- /wɑtʃ/
- Specialized
- The watch displayed the temperature and humidity levels as it monitored the environment.
Examples
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Its utility is to shake us out of our standard American buy-stuff-and-watch-TV half-life.
Academic text (2007) -
The cedar stands watch, its dark lungs breathing as we breathe in our sleep.
Fiction book (1990) -
This is Air Watch Two with the 6AM report.
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Parents can set a good example by monitoring their own TV watching and regulating which programs their children watch.
Academic text (2002) -
Research indicates rising levels of youth television watching and video game use, physical inactivity, and related overweight.
Academic text (2014) -
Using a watch, the technician regularly checked the server's performance and uptime.
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With the help of the watch, the engineer could automate command execution and track system resources.
Synonyms
A program that watches files or events and starts actions when they change
A computer tool that watches a system, reports problems, and can restart services
Idioms
- Informal
To spend time looking at people and things happening around you without taking part
A humorous saying men use to remember important things before leaving the house
Compounds
- Specialized
Keeping a radio on all the time to listen for important messages
- Specialized
A time when someone keeps listening on a radio for important messages
- Specialized
The time on a ship from midnight to four in the morning when crew are on duty
- Jargon
A late-night work shift from midnight to early morning on ships or in factories
- Specialized
A shallow round glass dish used in labs to let liquids dry or to cover a beaker
- Archaic
A small metal key with a square hole used to wind old pocket devices that tell time
How Automated
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Watch The computing tool called watch borrows the verb watch meaning 'to look at' or 'to keep an eye on'. It 'watches' a command and shows its results again and again so you can see any change.