Phrase guide

watch over

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To guard and protect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • She stayed up all night to watch over the sick infant.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

follow with the eyes or the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Keep an eye on the baby, please!
  • The world is watching Sarajevo
  • She followed the men with the binoculars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watch, observe, follow, keep an eye on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into

Narrower terms: keep tabs on, guard, invigilate, proctor

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: naṣārum — to guard and protect
  • Albanian: ruaj — to guard and protect
  • Chungli Ao: anük — to guard and protect
  • Armenian: հսկել (hskel) — to guard and protect
  • Aromanian: aveglju — to guard and protect
  • Catalan: vigilar — to guard and protect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 守护 (shǒuhù) — to guard and protect
  • Czech: bdít — to guard and protect
  • Dalmatian: vejur — to guard and protect
  • Dutch: bewaren — to guard and protect
  • Dutch: bewaken — to guard and protect
  • Dutch: behoeden — to guard and protect
  • Esperanto: gardi — to guard and protect
  • Finnish: kaitsea — to guard and protect
  • French: veiller — to guard and protect
  • Middle French: veigler — to guard and protect
  • Galician: velar — to guard and protect
  • German: behüten — to guard and protect
  • German: wachen — to guard and protect
  • Icelandic: gæta — to guard and protect
  • Irish: aireachasaigh — to guard and protect
  • Italian: vegliare — to guard and protect
  • Italian: piantonare — to guard and protect
  • Japanese: 見守る (mimamoru) — to guard and protect
  • Korean: 지키다 (jikida) — to guard and protect
  • Latin: servō — to guard and protect
  • Latin: asservō — to guard and protect
  • Latin: invīsō — to guard and protect
  • Mapudungun: gvneytunien — to guard and protect
  • Old Church Slavonic: бъдѣти (bŭděti) — to guard and protect
  • Polish: czuwać — to guard and protect
  • Portuguese: cuidar — to guard and protect
  • Quechua: chapatiyay — to guard and protect
  • Romanian: păzi — to guard and protect
  • Russian: опека́ть (opekátʹ) — to guard and protect
  • Russian: наблюдать за (nabljudatʹ za) — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: бде̏ти — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: бдје̏ти — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̀бдети — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̀бдјети — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: чу́вати — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: причу́вати — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: bdȅti — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: bdjȅti — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròbdeti — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròbdjeti — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: čúvati — to guard and protect
  • Serbo-Croatian: pričúvati — to guard and protect
  • Ukrainian: опікати (opikaty) — to guard and protect
  • Ukrainian: наглядати (nahljadaty) — to guard and protect
  • Yiddish: וואַכן (vakhn) — to guard and protect