WATCHFULNESS

watchfulness, vigilance, weather eye

(noun) vigilant attentiveness; “he keeps a weather eye open for trouble”

watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertness

(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention; “wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter”; “vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

watchfulness (countable and uncountable, plural watchfulnesses)

The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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