Watford

[ wot-ferd ]

/ ˈwɒt fərd /

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noun

a city in Hertfordshire, SE England, N of London.

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Words nearby Watford

water witch, water witching, waterworks, waterworn, watery, Watford, Watkins, Watkins Glen, Watling Island, WATS, Watson

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How to use Watford in a sentence

Watford declined to say how much money the news brand was spending on the new campaign.
Inside The Wall Street Journal’s latest push for new subscribers|Sara Guaglione|April 30, 2021|Digiday
She began her career as a player recruitment analyst for Watford, then in the English Premier League, and then took a position as head of technical scouting for Reading, her hometown club.
Hires such as United’s Lucy Rushton are called progressive. Soon they’ll be recognized as smart.|Barry Svrluga|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
Previously, she was a player recruitment analyst at Watford in England.
D.C. United hires Lucy Rushton as second woman general manager in MLS history|Steven Goff|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
This chat is just setting up perfectly for a 5-0 Watford win on Sunday.
What To Watch For On The English Premier League’s Final Match Day|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|July 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

The Pozzo family, who owns Watford, has a very … liberal sense of when to change managers.
What To Watch For On The English Premier League’s Final Match Day|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|July 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
I just started talking to her about the pub, and about Watford.
Chris Stark, Man Behind BBC’s Hilarious Mila Kunis Interview, Speaks|Kevin Fallon|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Among the Hertfordshire towns to which Londoners resorted in plague-times, Watford is known to have had plague-deaths in 1625.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
And when he was twenty-two and living at Watford something did happen; though it was not, she instantly recognised, the thing.
The Judge|Rebecca West
The visit to Watford she had to make to clear things up had seemed at first the happiest event of all her relationship with Roger.
The Judge|Rebecca West
And all about the relief of a little town as big as—Watford, six thousand miles away.
The Forsyte Saga, Complete|John Galsworthy
I had Bacon with me as far as Watford yesterday, and very pleasant.
The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for Watford

Watford

/ (ˈwɒtfəd) /

noun

a town in SE England, in SW Hertfordshire: light industries, services. Pop: 120 960 (2001)

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