monitor
Someone who watches over somethingSomeone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
» They monitored the enemy's radio communications.
Вони слідкували за радіорозмовами ворога.
Meaning
14 sensesSomeone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.
Aufpasser, Wächter
наста́вникnastávnik, наста́вницаnastávnica, надзира́тельnadzirátelʹ
спостеріга́чsposteriháč
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
The information flashed up on the monitor.
Bildschirm, Monitor
монито́рmonitór, экра́нekrán
моніто́рmonitór, екра́нekrán
display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
A program for viewing and editing.
a machine code monitor
(dated)The command line interface of an operating system.
A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
A monitor nozzle.
A modern shallow-draft warship for coastal bombardment.
(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic)A student leader in a class.
Klassensprecher, Klassensprecherin
ста́ростаstárosta
ста́ростаstárosta
Examples
152 sentencesThey monitored the enemy's radio communications.
Вони слідкували за радіорозмовами ворога. — Squaw
We're monitoring the attack closely.
Tom is hooked up to monitors.
In order to serve you better, your call may be monitored.
Tom is being monitored.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from vFrom Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.
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Forms
plural: monitorsSynonyms
7 synonyms- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles:monitor lizardvaran
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor:monitoring device
- an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac:USS Monitor
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided:admonisherreminder
- someone who supervises (an examination):proctor