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watch

US /wɑtʃ/

verb, noun Foundation · A2 Giải trí & truyền thông

Definition

look attentively

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Employees can watch the training video at any time on the intranet.

Word Family

NounNoun
watch gốc watcher watching
VerbVerb
watch gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • observediscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  • monitorsomeone who supervises (an examination)
  • timepiecea measuring instrument or device for keeping time

Collocations

  • Easy wear a gold watch
    to have on one's body as clothing or accessory regarding a gold watch
  • Medium keep a close watch on project milestones
    to continue or maintain in a specified condition regarding a close watch on project milestones
  • Hard regulatory agency steps up watch on market manipulation
    describing regulatory agency steps up watch on market manipulation (restricting according to rules or principles)
  • Very Hard not on my watch shall corruption flourish
    describing not on my watch shall corruption flourish (negation of a word or group of words)

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