monitor
noun
1. someone who supervises (an examination)
Similar word(s): proctor
Definition categories: person, supervisor
2. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Similar word(s): admonisher, reminder
Definition categories: person, defender, guardian, protector, shielder
3. an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
Definition categories: man–made
4. display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
Definition categories: man–made, display
5. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
Definition categories: man–made
6. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
Definition categories: man–made
7. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
Similar word(s): varan
Definition categories: animal, lizard
Sentences with monitor as a noun:
- The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.
- The information flashed up on the monitor.
- a machine code monitor
verb
1. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
- we are monitoring the air quality
- the police monitor the suspect's moves
Similar word(s): supervise
Definition categories: perception, observe
2. check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
Definition categories: perception, observe