monitor
Syllables: Mo·ni·tor/ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/US/ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/
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monitor noun: someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
Noun
monitor (plural monitors)
- 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.
- And oft, mild friend, to me thou art
A monitor, though still;
Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart,
Beyond the preacher's skill.1829, Charles Sprague, To My Cigar
- 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.1871, Henry William Pullen, The Fight at Dame Europa's School
- But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!1881, Talbot Baines Reed, chapter X, in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
- 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.
- You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- There has been no lack of other monitors — a ticklish haysel, a flooded harvest all through the north […]1873, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 119
- An ironclad warship with a low freeboard and a rotating turret.
- A modern shallow-draft warship for coastal bombardment.
Verb
monitor (third-person singular simple present monitors, present participle monitoring, simple past and past participle monitored)
- To watch over; to guard.
- Monitoring refers to keeping a watch over patients to ensure that they are practising what they have learnt about disability prevention correctly.1993, H. Srinivasan, Prevention of Disabilities in Patients with Leprosy: A Practical Guide, World Health Organization, page 134
- During July 1989-February 1990 ambient SO₂, was monitored using a mobile station in the residential-commercial neighborhood of Copacabana.1997, Bekir Onursal, Surhid P. Gautam, Vehicular Air Pollution: Experiences from Seven Latin American Urban Centers, volumes 23-373, page 239
Proper noun capitalized: Monitor
Monitor
monitor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
monitor in Hindi
- someone who watches over something
- पर्यवेक्षक paryavekṣak
- computer display
- मॉनिटर mŏniṭar
monitor in Tamil
- சட்டாம்பிள்ளை, வகுப்புத் தலைவன், கண்காணிப்பு, கணித்திரை, தெரிவி
monitor in Marathi
- monitor, supervisor, controller, regulator
- नियंत्रक niyantrak
monitor in Urdu
- computer display
- سْکْرِین skrīn, مانِیٹَر mānīṭar
More languagesFewer languages
- monitor in Bengali
- মনিটর moniṭor
- monitor in Telugu
- మానిటర్, మానిటర్ చేయండి, పర్యవేక్షించండి
- monitor in Malayalam
- നിരീക്ഷിക്കുക nirīkṣikkuka
- monitor in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಗಾರ, ಮುನ್ನೆಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ಕೊಡುವವನು, ಮುನ್ನೆಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಗಾರ, ಹಿರೇಮಾಣಿ
- monitor in Punjabi
- ਮਾਨੀਟਰ, ਮਾਨੀਟਰ ਕਰੋ, ਨਿਗਰਾਨੀ ਕਰੋ
- monitor in Gujarati
- મોનિટર કરો, મોનિટર, મોનીટર
- monitor in Odia
- ମନିଟର, ମନିଟର କରନ୍ତୁ, ନିରୀକ୍ଷଣ କରିବା
- monitor in Nepali
- मोनिटर गर्नुहोस्, मोनिटर, निगरानी गर्नुहोस्
- monitor in Arabic
- مُرَاقِب murāqib, مُرَاقِبَة murāqiba, شَاشَة الْعَرْض šāšat al-ʕarḍ, شَاشَة šāša
- monitor in Malay
- pengawas, monitor, pantau
- monitor in Indonesian
- layar, monitor
- monitor in Thai
- จอภาพ jɔɔ-pâap, หน้าจอ nâa-jɔɔ, มอนิเตอร์ mɔɔ-ní-dtəə, หัวหน้าชั้น hǔua-nâa-chán
- monitor in Vietnamese
- pháo thuyền, pháo hạm, màn hình, trưởng lớp
- monitor in Myanmar
- မော်နီတာ maunita
Examples of monitor in a sentence
- We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
- I had little clue that I was being carefully monitored by the CCTV.
- He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.
Synonyms of monitor
Forms of monitor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | monitors |
| alternative form | monitour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | monitors |
| present participle | monitoring |
| past participle | monitored |
| past | monitored |
Origin of monitor
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.
Words formed from monitor
- ackie monitor
- African monitor
- ankle monitor
- Argus monitor
- Asian water monitor
- baby monitor
- Bengal monitor
- biomonitor
- black-headed monitor
- black-tailed monitor
- black-throated monitor
- blue-tailed monitor
- Bush's monitor
- Caspian monitor
- crocodile monitor
- Dampier Peninsula monitor
- desert monitor
- Dumeril's monitor
- dungeon monitor
- freckled monitor
- golden monitor
- Gould's monitor
- Gray's monitor
- grey monitor
- hall monitor
- hallway monitor
- heart rate monitor
- Holter monitor
- Indian desert monitor
- Indian monitor
- in-ear monitor
- ink monitor
- lace monitor
- milk monitor
- monitorability
- monitorial
- monitorisation
- monitorization
- monitorize
- monitorless
- monitor lizard
- monitorship
- monitress
- mournful monitor
- multimonitor
- nile monitor
- ornate monitor
- Papua monitor
- Papuan monitor
- peach-throated monitor
- peacock monitor
- Pilbara monitor
- quince monitor
- racehorse monitor
- ridged-tailed monitor
- rock monitor
- Rosenberg's monitor
- Salvadori's monitor
- sand monitor
- savannah monitor
Phrases with monitor
Questions about monitor
- What does monitor mean?
- Monitor means someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- What is monitor in Hindi?
- Monitor in Hindi is पर्यवेक्षक (paryavekṣak), मॉनिटर (mŏniṭar). See Monitor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monitor?
- Monitor can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce monitor?
- Monitor is pronounced /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monitor?
- The plural of monitor is monitors.
Words near monitor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monitor (page history and authors); Monitor (page history and authors); monitor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नियंत्रक (Marathi) (page history and authors); monitor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); നിരീക്ഷിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); monitor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monitor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monitor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monitor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monitor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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