watch
verb (used without object)
to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens.
will have been watching
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future perfect progressiveof watch.future perfect progressive
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
Example Sentences
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He can be sure the power-holders in Melbourne, Paris and London will have been watching the New York trendsetters with intrigue.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
And as the largest manufacturer of cars in the EU - thanks to VW, Mercedes and BMW - Germany will have been watching closely.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
All over Europe managers and players will have been watching; realising that a new chapter in European football was being written, thinking: "How can we possibly compete with this?"
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2013
Rio Ferdinand, among the Wembley crowd, will have been watching with interest.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013
"He will have been watching many nights, I think," said Mr. Whitbread, "here, and in Duke Street, and at my own lodgings too."
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
