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English

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

vid (plural vids)

1. (slang) Clipping of video.
2. (slang) Clipping of videotape.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Preposition

vid

1. Pronunciation spelling of with.

Anagrams

• D.V.I., DVI, Div., IDV, VDI, div, div.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?t]

Noun

vid m

1. (grammar) aspect

See also

• dokonavý
• nedokonavý

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz (“broad, wide”), cognate with English wide and German weit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??i?ð], [??ið?]
• Homophone: hvid
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

vid

1. wide

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *wit?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ið]

Noun

vid n (singular definite viddet, not used in plural form)

1. wit

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??i?ð], [??ið?]
• Homophone: hvid

Verb

vid

1. imperative of vide

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr

Adjective

vid (neuter singular vidt, definite singular and plural vide, comparative videre, indefinite superlative videst, definite superlative videste)

1. wide, broad

Derived terms

• vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv
• vidåpen

Etymology 2

Verb

vid

1. imperative of vide

References

• “vid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse víðr

Adjective

vid (neuter singular vidt, definite singular and plural vide, comparative vidare, indefinite superlative vidast, definite superlative vidaste)

1. wide, broad

Derived terms

• vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv

References

• “vid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vid/

Adjective

vid m or n (feminine singular vid?, masculine plural vizi, feminine and neuter plural vide)

1. empty

Declension

Synonyms

• gol, de?ert

Noun

vid n (plural viduri)

1. void, vacuum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vid?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to knowingly see; to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?î?d/

Noun

v?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. eyesight
2. eyeshot
3. (grammar) aspect
4. type, kind (of, +genitive)

Declension

Related terms

• v?djeti / v?deti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vid?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?í?t/

Noun

v?d m inan

1. eyesight
2. (grammar) verb aspect

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin v?tis, v?tem (“vine”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh?itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh?y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bid/, [?bið?]

Noun

vid f (plural vides)

1. vine, grapevine

   Synonym: parra

Related terms

See also

• viña

Further reading

• “vid” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz.

Adjective

vid

1. wide; having great width

   De här byxorna är alldeles för vida.

   These trousers are way too wide.

Declension

Synonyms

• bred

Antonyms

• smal
• snäv
• trång

Derived terms

• vidsynt

Etymology 2

From Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic *wiþr-. Cognate with Danish vid, Icelandic við, English with.

Preposition

vid

1. at, beside, next to, by; indicating either a position close to or a time

   Jag är hemma vid fem.

   I'll be at home at five o'clock.

   Han står där, vid min bil. Ser du honom inte?

   He stands there, next to my car. Don't you see him?

2. (indicating an oath) by; with the authority of

Synonyms

• (beside (spatial relations only)): bredvid

See also

• bränna vid
• ta vid
• kännas vid

Anagrams

• div

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?t??/, /w?t??/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /w?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæ??e. See below for verb form.

Noun

watch (plural watches)

1. A portable or wearable timepiece.

2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
   • 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses

     All the long night their mournful watch they keep.

3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
4. A person or group of people who guard.
5. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
6. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
7. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
8. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
   • 2016, Andrew Bullock, David Brent REVIEW: Life on the Road goes from painfully funny to just plain painful. Ouch (in Sunday Express, 11 August)

     The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; […] But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæ??an, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjan?.

Verb

watch (third-person singular simple present watches, present participle watching, simple past and past participle watched)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
2. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

3. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
4. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

5. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

6. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.

8. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
9. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:

      So on the morne Sir Trystram, Sir Gareth and Sir Dynadan arose early and went unto Sir Palomydes chambir, and there they founde hym faste aslepe, for he had all nyght wacched […]

11. (transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 80:

      [S]he had reason to dread that her husband had formed a very criminal project of being revenged on Zeluco, and watched an opportunity of putting it in execution.

Usage notes

• When used transitively to mean look at something, there is an implication that the direct object is something which is capable of changing.

Antonyms

• ignore

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• wait
• wake