keep watch in All languages combined

Audio: En-au-keep watch.ogg

[Australia] Forms: keeps watch [present, singular, third-person], keeping watch [participle, present], kept watch [participle, past], kept watch [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> watch}} keep watch (third-person singular simple present keeps watch, present participle keeping watch, simple past and past participle kept watch)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "keeps watch",
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "To guard; to watch over someone or something."
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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}

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"keep watch" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms