See vs. Watch

Seeverb

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

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To witness or observe by personal experience.

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To form a mental picture of.

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(figuratively) To understand.

Seeverb

To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

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(social) To meet, to visit.

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To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.

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To date frequently.

Seeverb

(transitive) To be the setting or time of.

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(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

Seeverb

(gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

Seeverb

To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

Seeverb

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

Seeverb

(used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.

Seeverb

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

Seeinterjection

Directing the audience to pay attention to the following

Seeinterjection

Introducing an explanation

Seenoun

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.

Seenoun

The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric

Seenoun

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Seenoun

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

Seenoun

The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York.

Seeverb

To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

Seeverb

To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

Seeverb

To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after.

Seeverb

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

Seeverb

To fall in with; to meet or associate with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

Seeverb

To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

Seeverb

In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.

Seeverb

To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.

Seeverb

Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; - often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

Seeverb

To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; - generally with to; as, to see to the house.

Seenoun

the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

Seeverb

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight;

Seeverb

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally;

Seeverb

perceive or be contemporaneous with;

Seeverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Seeverb

deem to be;

Seeverb

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

Seeverb

see or watch;

Seeverb

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

Seeverb

come together;

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be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;

Seeverb

go to see for professional or business reasons;

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go to see for a social visit;

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visit a place, as for entertainment;

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take charge of or deal with;

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receive as a specified guest;

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date regularly; have a steady relationship with;

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see and understand, have a good eye;

Seeverb

deliberate or decide;

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observe as if with an eye;

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observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect;

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go or live through;

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accompany or escort;

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match or meet;

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make sense of; assign a meaning to;

Seeadverb

compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Seeverb

perceive with the eyes; discern visually

Seeverb

be or become aware of something from observation or from a written or other visual source

Seeverb

be a spectator of (a film, game, or other entertainment); watch

Seeverb

refer to (a specified source) for further information (used as a direction in a text)

Seeverb

discern or deduce after reflection or from information; understand

Seeverb

ascertain after inquiring, considering, or discovering an outcome

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regard in a specified way

Seeverb

find good or attractive qualities in (someone)

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view or predict as a possibility; envisage

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used to ascertain or express comprehension, agreement, or continued attention, or to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct

Seeverb

experience or witness (an event or situation)

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be the time or setting of (something)

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meet (someone one knows) socially or by chance

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visit (a person or place)

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meet regularly as a boyfriend or girlfriend

Seeverb

consult (a specialist or professional)

Seeverb

give an interview or consultation to

Seeverb

escort or conduct (someone) to a specified place

Seeverb

ensure

Seeverb

(in poker or brag) equal the bet of (an opponent) and require them to reveal their cards in order to determine who has won the hand.

Seenoun

the place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.

Watchnoun

A portable or wearable timepiece.

Watchnoun

The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

Watchnoun

A particular time period when guarding is kept.

Watchnoun

A person or group of people who guard.

Watchnoun

The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

Watchnoun

(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.

Watchnoun

(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).

Watchnoun

The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

Watchverb

(transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.

Watchverb

(transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

Watchverb

(transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.

Watchverb

(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

Watchverb

(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

Watchverb

(intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.

Watchverb

(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.

Watchverb

(intransitive) To act as a lookout.

Watchverb

To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.

Watchverb

To be awake.

Watchnoun

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.

Watchnoun

One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.

Watchnoun

The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

Watchnoun

The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.

Watchnoun

A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

Watchnoun

An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

Watchverb

To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

Watchverb

To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Watchverb

To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

Watchverb

To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

Watchverb

To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; - said of a buoy.

Watchverb

To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.

Watchverb

To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Watchnoun

a small portable timepiece

Watchnoun

a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

Watchnoun

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

Watchnoun

the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

Watchnoun

a person employed to watch for something to happen

Watchnoun

a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

Watchverb

look attentively;

Watchverb

follow with the eyes or the mind;

Watchverb

see or watch;

Watchverb

observe with attention;

Watchverb

be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful;

Watchverb

observe or determine by looking;

Watchverb

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

Watchverb

look at or observe attentively over a period of time

Watchverb

keep under careful, protective, or secret observation

Watchverb

observe and guard in a protective way

Watchverb

follow closely or maintain an interest in

Watchverb

exercise care, caution, or restraint about

Watchverb

look out or be on the alert for

Watchverb

be careful

Watchverb

be careful (used as a warning or threat)

Watchverb

remain awake for the purpose of religious observance

Watchnoun

a small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist

Watchnoun

an act or instance of carefully observing someone or something over a period of time

Watchnoun

a period during which a person is stationed to look out for danger or trouble, typically at night

Watchnoun

a fixed period of duty on a ship, usually lasting four hours

Watchnoun

the officers and crew on duty during a watch.

Watchnoun

a shift worked by firefighters or police officers

Watchnoun

a watchman or group of watchmen who patrolled and guarded the streets of a town before the introduction of the police force

Watchnoun

a film or programme considered in terms of its appeal to the public

Watchnoun

a flock of nightingales

Watch

A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities.