"watch over" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-watch over.ogg [Australia] Forms: watches over [present, singular, third-person], watching over [participle, present], watched over [participle, past], watched over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} watch over (third-person singular simple present watches over, present participle watching over, simple past and past participle watched over)
  1. (idiomatic) To guard and protect. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: vigil Translations (to guard and protect): հսկել (hskel) (Armenian), aveglju (Aromanian), vigilar (Catalan), 守护 (shǒuhù) (Chinese Mandarin), bdít (Czech), vejur (Dalmatian), bewaren (Dutch), bewaken (Dutch), behoeden (Dutch), gardi (Esperanto), vahdata (Finnish), kaita (Finnish), veiller (French), velar (Galician), behüten (German), wachen (German), gæta (Icelandic), aireachasaigh (Irish), vegliare (Italian), piantonare (Italian), 見守る (mimamoru) (Japanese), 지키다 (jikida) (Korean), servō (Latin), asservō (Latin), invīsō (Latin), gvneytunien (Mapudungun), veigler (Middle French), бъдѣти (bŭděti) (Old Church Slavonic), czuwać (Polish), cuidar (Portuguese), chapatiyay (Quechua), păzi (Romanian), опека́ть (opekátʹ) (Russian), наблюдать за (nabljudatʹ za) [imperfective] (Russian), bdjeti (Serbo-Croatian), бдјети (Serbo-Croatian), pričuvati (Serbo-Croatian), причувати (Serbo-Croatian), čuvati (Serbo-Croatian), чувати (Serbo-Croatian), vigilar (Spanish), celar (Spanish), опікати (opikaty) (Ukrainian), наглядати (nahljadaty) (Ukrainian), וואַכן (vakhn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-watch_over-en-verb-ivFsQJtM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "eo",
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          "word": "gardi"
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          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "vahdata"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "kaita"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "veiller"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "velar"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "behüten"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "wachen"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "gæta"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "aireachasaigh"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "vegliare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "piantonare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mimamoru",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "見守る"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "지키다"
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          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "servō"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "asservō"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "invīsō"
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          "code": "arn",
          "lang": "Mapudungun",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "gvneytunien"
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          "lang": "Middle French",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "veigler"
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          "word": "бъдѣти"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "czuwać"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "cuidar"
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
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          "word": "опека́ть"
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          "word": "bdjeti"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "чувати"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "vigilar"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "celar"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "opikaty",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "опікати"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "наглядати"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "vakhn",
          "sense": "to guard and protect",
          "word": "וואַכן"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hskel",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "հսկել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "aveglju"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "vigilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒuhù",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "守护"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "bdít"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "vejur"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "bewaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "bewaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "behoeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "gardi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "vahdata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "kaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "veiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "velar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "behüten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "wachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "gæta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "aireachasaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "vegliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "piantonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mimamoru",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "見守る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jikida",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "지키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "servō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "asservō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "invīsō"
    },
    {
      "code": "arn",
      "lang": "Mapudungun",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "gvneytunien"
    },
    {
      "code": "frm",
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "veigler"
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    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "bŭděti",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "бъдѣти"
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    {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "czuwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "cuidar"
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    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "chapatiyay"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "păzi"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opekátʹ",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "опека́ть"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nabljudatʹ za",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
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      "word": "наблюдать за"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "bdjeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "бдјети"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "pričuvati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "причувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "čuvati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "pričuvati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "причувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "vigilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "celar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opikaty",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "опікати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nahljadaty",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "наглядати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vakhn",
      "sense": "to guard and protect",
      "word": "וואַכן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "watch over"
}

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