monitor
Nouns
- (n) someone who supervises (an examination) proctor,
- (n) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided admonisher, reminder,
- (n) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
- (n) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor monitoring device,
- (n) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- (n) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- (n) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles monitor lizard, varan,
Verbs
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(v) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
- we are monitoring the air quality
- the police monitor the suspect's moves
- (v) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver