monitornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɒn.ɪ.tər/us/ˈmɑː.nə.t̬ɚ/monitor noun [ C ] (PERSON WHO WATCHES)
B2 a person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things:
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- Rosie was chosen to be monitor in class that day.
- They are employed as monitors to make sure that the organization works within the law.
- International monitors are keeping watch on the election process.
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Protection and protectors
- aegis
- auspices
- bailiff
- bandobast
- beefeater
- buffer
- conservation
- guardian
- homeland security
- janitor
- keeper
- minder
- night watchman
- preservation
- ranger
- self-protection
- sentinel
- shield
- warden
- watchman
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monitor noun [ C ] (TESTING MACHINE)
a machine that regularly tests something:
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- gadget
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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monitor noun [ C ] (SCREEN)
B2 a computer screen or a device with a screen on which words or pictures can be shown:
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- motherboard
- mouse
- ram
- shift key
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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monitor noun [ C ] (AT SCHOOL)
a child in school who has special jobs to do:
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- houseman
- infant
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolchild
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- theologian
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monitor noun [ C ] (REPTILE)
a monitor lizard
monitorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɒn.ɪ.tər/us/ˈmɑː.nə.t̬ɚ/C1 to watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time in order to discover something about it:
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- A 1200-strong military force will be on hand to monitor the ceasefire.
- We need to monitor the transaction of smaller deals.
- They'll use ultrasound to monitor her ovaries to see if they're responding to the treatment.
- The babies in this unit have various devices attached to them that monitor the vital signs.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- judge
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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