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monitor¹
- /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ UK
- /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- [ˈmɑ.nɪ.ɾɚ] Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈmɑ.nə.tɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- [ˈmɑ.nə.ɾɚ] Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tɚ/ Canada
- [ˈmɒn.ɪ.ɾɚ] Canada
- /ˈmɔn.ɪ.tə/ Australia
- [ˈmɔn.ɪ.ɾə] Australia
- /ˈmɒn.ə.tə/ New Zealand
- [ˈmɔ̟n.ə.ɾə] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From 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.
noun monitors · monitour
- Someone 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.
- 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.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- A program for viewing and editing. a machine code monitor
- The command line interface of an operating system.
- A student leader in a class. So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors, who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order.
- 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.
- One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.
- An ironclad warship with a low freeboard and a rotating turret.
- A modern shallow-draft warship for coastal bombardment.
Monitor²
proper noun
- Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
- A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: supervise, proctor, reminder, admonisher, varan, monitor lizard, supervised, manage, assistant, supervisory, supervision, surveillance, watcher, provide, controller, controlling
Translations
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noun someone who watches over something
| Español | monitor |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पर्यवेक्षक paryavekṣak |
| Português | monitor, observador |
| Français | moniteur, monitrice |
| Deutsch | Aufpasser, Wächter |
| Ελληνικά | επιτηρητής epitiritís |
| Română | monitor |
| Русский | наста́вник nastávnik, наста́вница nastávnica, надзира́тель nadzirátelʹ, надзира́тельница nadzirátelʹnica |
| العربية | مُرَاقِب murāqib, مُرَاقِبَة murāqiba |
noun computer display
| Español | monitor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모니터 moniteo |
| 日本語 | モニター monitā |
| 中文 | 顯示器 /显示器 xiǎnshìqì |
| हिन्दी | मॉनिटर mŏniṭar |
| Português | monitor |
| Français | écran, moniteur |
| Deutsch | Bildschirm, Monitor |
| Italiano | monitor |
| Ελληνικά | οθόνη othóni, μόνιτορ mónitor |
| Română | monitor |
| Русский | монито́р monitór, экра́н ekrán |
| Tiếng Việt | pháo thuyền, pháo hạm, màn hình |
| العربية | شَاشَة الْعَرْض šāšat al-ʕarḍ, شَاشَة šāša |
| עברית | צָג tsag |
noun student leader
| Español | delegado de clase, delegada de clase |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반장 banjang, 급장 geupjang |
| 日本語 | 級長 kyūchō, 学級委員 gakkyū iin |
| 中文 | 班長 /班长 bānzhǎng |
| Français | délégué de classe, déléguée de classe |
| Deutsch | Klassensprecher, Klassensprecherin |
| Italiano | capoclasse, rappresentante di classe |
| Русский | ста́роста stárosta |
| Tiếng Việt | trưởng lớp |
| العربية | عَرِيف ʕarīf, عَرِيفَة ʕarīfa, مُرَاقِب murāqib, مُرَاقِبَة murāqiba |
verb watch over, guard
| Español | monitorear, monitorizar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 監測 /监测 jiāncè |
| Português | monitorar, monitorizar |
| Français | contrôler, surveiller, monitorer |
| Deutsch | überwachen, abhören, überprüfen, aufpassen, kontrollieren |
| Italiano | monitorare, supervisionare, guardare |
| Ελληνικά | παρακολουθώ parakolouthó, εποπτεύω epoptévo |
| Русский | отсле́живать otsléživatʹ, отследи́ть otsledítʹ, следи́ть sledítʹ, проследи́ть prosledítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | giám sát |
| العربية | رَاقَّبَ rāqqaba |
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title = {monitor},
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