watch (/wɒtʃ/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /wɒtʃ/
Meaning
Meaning: observe attentively
To look at something attentively for a period of time, or to guard it. Unlike ‘see’, it requires sustained attention.
Examples
🗣 They like to watch the sunset from the balcony every warm evening.
Etymology
From Old English ‘wæccan’ (to be awake, keep guard), related to ‘wake’.
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for sustained looking.
Tags: perception, attention