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Meaning of 'monitor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Monitor [ n.]
- One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
- Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
- Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
- An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
- 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 successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.

Meaning of 'monitor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . monitor [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
Example in sentence:
  • the police monitor the suspect's moves;
  • we are monitoring the air quality

Nearby Words:

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