Definitions for Watchful
ˈwɒtʃ fəlwatch·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alert, watchfuladjective

   engaged in or accustomed to close observation

   "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

2. insomniac, sleepless, watchfuladjective

   experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

   "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watchfuladjective

   observant, vigilant and aware

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Watchfuladjective

   Vigilant; attentive; cautious; nicely observant.

   Etymology: watch and full.

   Call home our exil’d friends,
   That fled the snares of watchful tyranny. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Be watchful, and strengthen the things ready to die. Rev. iii.

   Nodding a while, and watchful of his blow,
   He fell; and falling crush’d th’ ungrateful nymph below. Dry.

   Readers should not lay by that caution which becomes a sincere pursuit of truth, and should make them always watchful against whatever might conceal or misrepresent it. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Watchful

   Watchful (1997) is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. This is the first Amoeba album to feature the classic lineup of Robert Rich and Rick Davies. The style of this album consists of subtle and largely acoustic pop compositions with heavy ambient textures. Work on this album began in 1994. It was completed in 1995. Over the next two years they searched for a label to distribute the album. It was finally released in 1997 on the Lektronic Soundscapes label. When distribution problems arose with Lektronic Soundscapes, they moved to Release Records, who had also released Rich’s solo album Trances/Drones.

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1. watchful

   Watchful refers to being alert and vigilant, carefully observing or monitoring a situation, place, or person, often to avoid danger or to ensure safety. It involves being attentive, cautious, and ready to respond to any changes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Watchfuladjective

   full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits

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1. Watchful

   Watchful is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. This is the first Amoeba album to feature the classic lineup of Robert Rich and Rick Davies. The style of this album consists of subtle and largely acoustic pop compositions with heavy ambient textures. Work on this album began in 1994. It was completed in 1995. Over the next two years they searched for a label to distribute the album. It was finally released in 1997 on the Lektronic Soundscapes label. When distribution problems arose with Lektronic Soundscapes, they moved to Release Records, who had also released Rich’s solo album Trances/Drones.

How to pronounce Watchful?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Watchful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Watchful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Watchful in a Sentence

1. Comptroller Thomas Curry:

   We are keeping a watchful eye. We don't necessarily expect to have the bottom fall out as it did in other areas during the recession.

2. President Michael Benson:

   Our primary goals in assessing this situation are limiting any safety risks and avoiding disruption to learning and teaching, while we are confident the responding team of law enforcement agencies has kept a watchful eye over our community and is diligently investigating the threat, it has become clear this incident continues to be unsettling to a number of our students, faculty and staff.

3. John Updike:

   There are times when fear is good It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

4. Meister Eckhart:

   To be sure, this requires effort and love, a careful cultivation of the spiritual life, and a watchful, honest, active oversight of all one's mental attitudes towards things and people. It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.

5. Andrea Summerville:

   The City of Laramie will remain watchful for and vigilant against any other use of hateful Nazi symbols or propaganda, our community has been touched by hate before and we will not stand for it again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Watchful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Watchful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Watchful
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchful
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Watchful
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Watchful