What does WATCHING mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. observation, observance, watchingnoun

    the act of observing; taking a patient look

Wiktionary

  1. watchingadjective

    Of or relating to the action: to watch.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Watchingnoun

    Inability to sleep.

    Etymology: from watch.

    The bullet, not having been extracted, occasioned great pain and watchings. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

Wikipedia

  1. Watching

    Watching is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step & Side Kick. The single peaked at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1983.

ChatGPT

  1. watching

    Watching refers to the act of looking at or observing something attentively or with interest, often involving visual perception. This typically involves paying close attention to an event, activity, or object as it unfolds or progresses in real-time. Watching can occur through various means such as direct observation, television, video streaming platforms, or other media sources. It may involve the passive act of simply observing or also include the active engagement of analyzing, understanding, or enjoying the content being watched.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Watching

    of Watch

Wikidata

  1. Watching

    Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993. The series was written by Jim Hitchmough and starred Paul Bown and Emma Wray as mismatched couple Malcolm Stoneway and Brenda Wilson.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'WATCHING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1666

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    Rank popularity for the word 'WATCHING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1182

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WATCHING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WATCHING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of WATCHING in a Sentence

  1. Kristin Knutzen:

    It's an opportunity for parents, not to necessarily forbid their kids from watching this or listening to this but really to sit down with them and understand what they are watching and why it's important to them.

  2. Donald Trump:

    No, I'm not going to be watching, probably, maybe I'll see a little bit of it, i'm not going to be watching Robert Mueller because you can't take all those bites out of the apple. We had no collusion, no obstruction.

  3. Ruan Ras:

    I think it was surreal, just watching that race and watching her touch and actually seeing that world record pop up on the TV, that was amazing, that was such an amazing feeling.

  4. John Kirby:

    They are a very dangerous group, they do want to threaten Western interests, including U.S. interests and we do consider them a threat to the United States of America. We're watching them very closely.

  5. Eric Adams:

    My first question is, what took so long? and why has it taken us so long, watching these babies die, year after year after year and no one seems to care? We must have intervention and prevention.

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