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| anyhow |
Let's say you don't like a certain movie, but you watch it with your friend anyhow. It means that not liking the movie doesn't stop you from watching the movie. You watch the movie anyway. |
| attend |
When you attend something, it means you go to something and you watch it or take part in it. When you attend a baseball game, it means that you go to the game and watch it. [1/4 definitions] |
| audience |
The audience for a show on TV is all the people who actually watch it. An audience is all the people reached by television or radio shows, or by newspapers, books, or magazines. [1/3 definitions] |
| dramatic |
If something is dramatic, it shows or causes a lot of emotion. A dramatic scene in a movie makes people feel strong emotion when they watch it. If a person is being dramatic, they are showing strong emotion. If someone reads something in a dramatic way, they make other people feel the emotion in what they are reading. [1/3 definitions] |
| entertain |
When something entertains you, it interests you or gives you pleasure when you watch it, read it, or listen to it. If a show entertains you, you want to keep watching it. Something that entertains you might make you smile or laugh. [1/3 definitions] |
| frequently |
When you do something frequently, it means that you do it often. If you watch a TV show frequently, you watch it often. |
| keep track of |
When you keep track of something, you watch it and keep a record of how often it happens, what condition it is in, or how it is changing. |
| little |
"Little" sometimes means "short." If you are going to watch TV for a little while, it means you are going to watch it for a short while. [1/7 definitions] |
| long1 |
If a TV show is one hour long, then it takes one hour to watch it. It lasts one hour from beginning to end. If a snake is three feet long, it measures three feet from the tip of its head to the end of its tail. [1/6 definitions] |
| monitor |
When you monitor something, you observe or watch it in order to get information. [1/5 definitions] |
| moving |
If a TV show is moving, it makes you feel some deep emotion when you watch it. When something is moving, it often makes people cry, either because they are happy or sad. [1/2 definitions] |
| observe |
When you observe something, you watch it carefully or look at it closely in order to find out or learn something. [1/6 definitions] |
| study |
When you study something, you look at it closely in order to learn things about it. When you study something, you might just look at it or watch it carefully with your eyes, but you might also read things about it, do experiments, take measurements, or listen to what other people say about it. [1/7 definitions] |
| tail |
(informal) When a police officer tails a car, it means that the officer secretly follows the car to watch it. [1/6 definitions] |
| track |
When you track something, you watch it closely as it moves or changes. You usually make notes about the movements or changes that you see. [1/7 definitions] |
| transmit |
When a TV station transmits a program, it sends out the program so that people can watch it in their homes or some other place. [1/3 definitions] |
| tumor |
A tumor is a mass of extra cells that grows in the body or on the skin. Some tumors contain cancer cells, which is a dangerous thing, but some tumors do not. If someone has a tumor with cancer cells, doctors remove it if they can. Doctors often leave a tumor alone if it has no cancer cells, but they continue to watch it to see if it changes. |
| view |
When you view something, you look at it or watch it. [1/7 definitions] |
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