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invigilate

/ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/

invigilate verb: to oversee a test or exam.

Verb

invigilate (third-person singular simple present invigilates, present participle invigilating, simple past and past participle invigilated)

  1. (Canada, UK, ambitransitive) To oversee a test or exam.
    • Professor Burns will be invigilating over the final examinations to ensure that the students do not cheat.
    Synonyms:
    proctor
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To keep watch.

invigilate meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

invigilate in Tamil

தேர்வில் மாணவர்களைக் கண்காணி, மேற்பார்வை செய்

invigilate in Urdu

امتحان کی نگرانی کرنا, نگاہ رکھنا

invigilate in Kannada

ಕಾವಲಿರು, ಕಣ್ಣಿಟ್ಟಿರು, ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ನಡೆಸು

Synonyms of invigilate

Forms of invigilate

third-person singular presentinvigilates
present participleinvigilating
past participleinvigilated
pastinvigilated

Origin of invigilate

Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”).

Words formed from invigilate

Questions about invigilate

What does invigilate mean?
Invigilate means to oversee a test or exam.
What is invigilate in Tamil?
Invigilate in Tamil is தேர்வில் மாணவர்களைக் கண்காணி, மேற்பார்வை செய். See Invigilate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is invigilate?
Invigilate is a verb.
How do you pronounce invigilate?
Invigilate is pronounced /ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/.
What is the past tense of invigilate?
The past tense of invigilate is invigilated.

Words near invigilate in the dictionary

  1. invidiously
  2. invidiousness
  3. invidiousnesses
  4. invigilance
  5. invigilancy
  6. invigilate
  7. invigilated
  8. invigilates
  9. invigilating
  10. invigilation
  11. invigilations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: invigilate (page history and authors); invigilate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invigilate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invigilate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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