"watch out" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-uk-watch out.ogg , En-au-watch out.ogg Forms: watch out ! [canonical]
Etymology: watch + out Head templates: {{en-interj}} watch out
  1. Used to warn someone of an imminent danger. Related terms: beware, look out Translations (proceed with caution): pasop (Afrikaans), kontuz (Basque), асцяро́жна! (ascjaróžna!) (Belarusian), খবরদার (khobrodar) (Bengali), внимавай! (vnimavaj!) (Bulgarian), пази се! (pazi se!) (Bulgarian), compte! (Catalan), 小心! (xiǎoxīn!) (Chinese Mandarin), pozor! (Czech), bacha! (Czech), pas op (Dutch), varo! [singular] (Finnish), varokaa! [plural, polite] (Finnish), attention (French), ollo! (Galician), cata [archaic] (Galician), Achtung (German), Vorsicht (German), vorsichtig (German), passt auf! (German), pass auf! (German), προσοχή! (prosochí!) (Greek), cháke (Guaraní), vigyázzon [addressee-singular, formal] (Hungarian), vigyázz [addressee-singular, informal] (Hungarian), vigyázzanak (english: to a group) [formal] (Hungarian), vigyázzatok (english: to a group) [informal] (Hungarian), attenzione! (Italian), 気を付けて! (ki o tsukete!) (alt: きをつけて!) (Japanese), ប្រយ័ត្ន (prɑɑyat) (Khmer), 조심해! (josimhae!) (Korean), accorte! (Neapolitan), uwaga! (Polish), cuidado! (Portuguese), fiți atenți! (Romanian), fi atent! (Romanian), atenție! (Romanian), осторо́жно! (ostoróžno!) (Russian), pazi! (Serbo-Croatian), cuidado (Spanish), ojo (Spanish), tate (Spanish), hopa [Colombia] (Spanish), epa (Spanish), épale (Spanish), to (Spanish), se upp (Swedish), обере́жно! (oberéžno!) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-watch_out-en-intj-dK12gQaj Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55

Verb

Audio: En-uk-watch out.ogg , En-au-watch out.ogg Forms: watches out [present, singular, third-person], watching out [participle, present], watched out [participle, past], watched out [past]
Etymology: watch + out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} watch out (third-person singular simple present watches out, present participle watching out, simple past and past participle watched out)
  1. (idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: to beware, to get away, to heed, to mind Derived forms: watchout [noun] Related terms: careful, caution, caveat Translations (to use caution): զգուշանալ (zgušanal) (Armenian), внима́вам (vnimávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 注意 (zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), dávat pozor (Czech), dávat bacha [imperfective] (Czech), oppassen (Dutch), varoa (Finnish), faire attention (French), aufpassen (German), achtgeben (German), vigyáz (Hungarian), hoitiissa (Ingrian), attento! (Italian), fare attenzione (Italian), 気を付ける (ki o tsukeru) (Japanese), stà accorte (Neapolitan), ter cuidado (Portuguese), tomar cuidado (Portuguese), fi atent (Romanian), остерега́ться (osteregátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), tener cuidado (Spanish), estar al loro [colloquial] (Spanish), se upp (Swedish), ocio (Venetian), òcio (Venetian), coi chừng (Vietnamese), cẩn thận (Vietnamese), chú ý (Vietnamese), để ý (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "Watch out for low doorways, so you don’t hit your head.",
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          "ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Fresh start:",
          "text": "Being exiled from the Nexus was a huge shock, I still can't believe Tann did that. But at least Sloane's watching out for us and giving us whatever land we want. We hope to make a life out here and we've got our very own lakeside property with a view.",
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          "word": "to beware"
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          "word": "to get away"
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          "word": "to heed"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zgušanal",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "զգուշանալ"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vnimávam",
          "sense": "to use caution",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhùyì",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "注意"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "dávat pozor"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dávat bacha"
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          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "oppassen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "varoa"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "faire attention"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "aufpassen"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "achtgeben"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "vigyáz"
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        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "hoitiissa"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "attento!"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "fare attenzione"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ki o tsukeru",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "気を付ける"
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        {
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "stà accorte"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "ter cuidado"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "tomar cuidado"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "fi atent"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osteregátʹsja",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "остерега́ться"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "tener cuidado"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "estar al loro"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "se upp"
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        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "ocio"
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        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "òcio"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "coi chừng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "cẩn thận"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "chú ý"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to use caution",
          "word": "để ý"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "roman": "ascjaróžna!",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "асцяро́жна!"
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        {
          "code": "bn",
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          "roman": "khobrodar",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "খবরদার"
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          "roman": "vnimavaj!",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "внимавай!"
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          "roman": "pazi se!",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "пази се!"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "compte!"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎoxīn!",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "小心!"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "pozor!"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "bacha!"
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          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "word": "varokaa!"
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          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "attention"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "ollo!"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "word": "cata"
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          "sense": "proceed with caution",
          "word": "Achtung"
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "조심해!"
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          "code": "nap",
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          "word": "accorte!"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "proceed with caution",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "atenție!"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "осторо́жно!"
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          "code": "sh",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "achtgeben"
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      "word": "vigyáz"
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      "word": "hoitiissa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "passt auf!"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "pass auf!"
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      "word": "προσοχή!"
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    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "accorte!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "uwaga!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "cuidado!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "fiți atenți!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "fi atent!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "atenție!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostoróžno!",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "осторо́жно!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "pazi!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "cuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "ojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "tate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia"
      ],
      "word": "hopa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "epa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "épale"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "to"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "se upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oberéžno!",
      "sense": "proceed with caution",
      "word": "обере́жно!"
    }
  ],
  "word": "watch out"
}

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