clock/watch

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telling the time TIME
- a clock that you can set to wake you up: alarm clock
- a watch that is used to measure exactly how long sth takes: stopwatch
- a watch/clock that shows the time by numbers alone and does not have hands: digital watch/clock
- a device which provides electricity for a clock, watch, etc: battery
My watch has stopped - it probably needs a new battery.
- a bar with a heavy weight on one end, used to operate some large clocks: pendulum
- the front part of a clock or watch: face, dial
- one of the pointers on the face of a clock or watch: hand
the hour/minute/second hand
- the sound that a clock or watch makes: tick; to make this sound: tick
My alarm clock has a very loud tick. ◎ It hasn't stopped - I can hear it ticking.
- when the clock rings a bell every quarter of an hour or every hour, it strikes*
I could hear the church clock striking in the distance. ◎ The clock struck three.
- to make a clock or watch show the correct time: set* sth
Can you set the time on my new watch?
- to make sth work by turning a key or a handle: wind* sth (up)
The clock's stopped. Can you wind it up please?
- a handle or knob which you turn to make a clock or watch go: winder
- (used about a clock or a watch) giving the correct time: right; opposite: wrong
Is that the right time? ◎ I don't think my watch is right. ◎ I think that clock must be wrong.
- when the time shown on a clock or watch is behind the correct time, the clock or watch is slow; opposite: fast
You're going to be late. Your watch is ten minutes slow. ◎ You'd better check the time. I think that clock's fast.
- to set an alarm clock to wake you up: set* the alarm
I have to be up early tomorrow, so could you set the alarm for six?
- when the alarm rings, it goes* off
I'm sorry I'm late. I didn't hear the alarm go off.
- when you want to stop the alarm ringing, you put* it off, switch it off
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- in the same direction as the hands of a clock: clockwise (adjective, adverb); opposite: anti-clockwise
in a clockwise direction ◎ Turn the handle clockwise.