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watchings

watchings is the plural of watching.

Meaning of watching

Noun

watching (plural watchings)

  1. The act of one who watches.
    • What toils and pains; what cares and watchings; how many reproofs, restraints, and corrections; how many prayers, and sighs, and tears, are employed and suffered, before this hard task can be accomplished?1819, John Edwards Caldwell, Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine, volume 6, page 225

Questions about watchings

What is watchings the plural of?
Watchings is the plural of watching.

Words near watchings in the dictionary

  1. watching the fur fly
  2. watching the world burn
  3. watching the world go by
  4. watchingly
  5. watchingness
  6. watchings
  7. watchkeeper
  8. watchkeepers
  9. watchkeeping
  10. watchless
  11. watchlessness

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