night watch

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt woch]
- /naɪt wɒtʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt woch]
- /naɪt wɒtʃ/

Definitions of night watch words

noun night watch a painting (1642) by Rembrandt. 1
noun night watch surveillance or guard kept at night 1
noun night watch a watch or guard kept at night, esp for security 0
noun night watch the period of time the watch is kept 0
noun night watch a person who keeps such a watch; night watchman 0
noun night watch a watching or guarding during the night 0

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Origin of night watch

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

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Parts of speech for Night watch

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Night watch

night watch popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

night watch usage trend in Literature

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