watcher

US pronunciation

American soundwatcher

watcher

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

wat - cher -> watcher

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

watch /wɒtʃ/ v

၁။ ကြည့်သည်။ ရှုစားသည်။ စောင့်ကြည့်သည်။ watch television/a football match ❍ Watch (me) carefully. ❍ ‘Would you like to play?’ ‘No thanks — I'll just watch. ’ ❍ He watched to see what would happen. ❍ She watched where they went. ❍ She watched the children playing. ❍ She watched the children cross the road.
၂။ ~ (over) sb/sth ကြည့်ထားသည်။ Could you watch (over) my clothes while I have a swim?
၃။ (infml ) သတိထားသည်။ ဂရုစိုက်သည်။ Watch yourself (ie Do not fall, do sth foolish, etc)! ❍ You'd better watch your language (ie be careful what you say!) ❍ I have to watch every penny (ie be very careful about what I spend). ❍ Watch what you say!
n
၁။ [C] လက်ပတ်နာရီ။ wind/set a watch ❍ My watch is fast/slow. Compare clock n ၁ See also STOPWATCH, WRIST-WATCH
၂။ [sing] စောင့်ကြည့်သူ။ The police put a watch on the suspect's house.
၃။ [C] (သင်္ဘောတွင်) သင်္ဘောသား တစ်ဆိုင်း၏ သတ်မှတ်အလုပ်ချိန်။ (လေးနာရီစီ အလှည့်ကျဝင်ရသည်။ ) the middle watch. မဇ္ဈိမယံ။
❏ keep watch (for sb/sth) [IDM ] အိပ်ဖန်စောင့်သည်။ We took it in turns to sleep while the others kept watch.
❏ on watch [IDM ] အစောင့်တာဝန်ကျသည်။
❏ (be) on (the) watch (for sb/sth) [IDM ] (အန္တရာယ်ကို) သတိပြုသည်။ Tourists were warned to be on the watch for thieves.
❏ watch the clock [IDM ] (infml ) အလုပ်သိမ်းရန် စိတ်စော သည်၊ နာရီတကြည့်ကြည့် လုပ်သည်။
❏ watcher n (often in compounds) စောင့်ကြည့် လေ့လာသူ။ seasoned soap opera watchers. See also bird-watcher, clock-watcher
❏ watch for sb/sth [PHRV ] စောင့်မျှော်သည်။ You'll have to watch for the right moment to make a move.
❏ watchful /-fl/ adj ဂရုစိုက်ကြည့်သော။ She kept a watchful eye on the children. watchfully /-fǝli/ adv, watchfulness n [U]
❏ watching brief n [sing] (အများအကျိုးအတွက်) အသင်း အဖွဲ့တစ်ခုခု၏ ခြေလှမ်းကို မျက်ခြည်မပြတ် စောင့်ကြည့်ခြင်း။ have/keep/maintain a watching brief on local government activity.
❏ watch it [IDM ] (infml ) သတိထား။
❏ watch out [PHRV ] (esp imperative) သတိထား။ Watch out! There's a car coming.
❏ watch out for sb/sth [PHRV ]
၁။ ဂရုစိုက်ကြည့် နေသည်။ The staff were asked to watch out for forged banknotes.
၂။ သတိထားသည်။ ဂရု စိုက်သည်။ Watch out for the stairs — they're rather steep.
❏ watch-strap (Brit ) (US watchband ) n လက်ပတ်နာရီ ကြိုး။
❏ watch this space [IDM ] (infml catchphrase ) စောင့်သာ ကြည့်နေ။ I can't tell you any more about it yet, but watch this space.
❏ watch the time [IDM ] အချိန်ကိုဂရုပြုနေသည်။
❏ watch-tower n ကင်းစောင့်မျှော်စင်။
❏ watch the world go by [IDM ] (ဘေးက) ထိုင်ကြည့်နေ သည်။ We sat in a café watching the world go by.

More examples

Have you been watching the election campaign?
Tourists watched quietly as the villagers performed a traditional dance.
[watch someone/something do something] : Jill watched the children build sandcastles.
From the hill you can watch the planes take off.
[watch someone/something doing something] : We arrived early to watch the players warming up.
[watch how/who/what etc] : Watch how well she handles the ball.
[watch with interest/amusement/fascination etc] : A vicious-looking dog was watching us with interest.
Our kids only watch videos at weekends.
Did you watch the news last night?
Millions watched the match on television.
I think our house is being watched.
Watch what I can do.
Watch me!
Watch the knife! It’s sharp!
[watch how/who/what etc] : You should watch what you say about my friends.
[watch (that)] : Watch you don’t get your bag stolen.
Can you please watch my bag while I make a phone call?
Could you just watch the baby for a minute?
For someone so young, he has already made a name for himself and is one to watch closely.

Synonyms

timepiece, wristwatch, fob watch, pocket watch, alertness, analog watch, attend, attend to, attention, awareness, be cautious about, be on alert, be on the lookout, be vigilant, be wary, be watchful, beware, care for, case, check out, chronometer, concentrate, consider, contemplate, digital watch, duty, eagle eye, eagle-eye, examine, eye, eyeball, focus, follow, gander, gaze, gaze at, get a load of, give the once over, guard, have a look-see, hawk, heed, inspect, inspection, keep, keep an eye on, keep eyes open, keep eyes peeled, keep tabs on, keep under observation, keep under surveillance, keep watch over, listen, look, look after, look at, look out, lookout, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, observe, oversee, patrol, pay attention, pay attention to, peer, pick up on, picket, pipe, police, protect, regard, ride shotgun for, rubberneck, scan, scope, scrutinize, scrutiny, see, sentinel, sentry, spy, spy on, stalk, stare, stare at, stopwatch, superintend, supervision, surveillance, survey, tab, take care of, take heed, take in, take notice, tend, ticker, timer, tout, view, vigil, vigilance, wait, watch over, watchdog, watchfulness, weather eye

Antonyms

avoid, carelessness, disbelieve, disregard, forget, harm, heedlessness, hurt, ignorance, ignore, inattention, indifference, look away, miss, neglect, negligence, overlook, pass by, thoughtlessness