Monitor

/ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ · noun

Meaning

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
2. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
3. (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
4. A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
5. (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
6. (computing, dated) The command line interface of an operating system.
7. (Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic in British) A student leader in a class.
8. (nautical) 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.

Example Sentences

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.

The information flashed up on the monitor.

a machine code monitor

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.

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!

He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on.

c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.

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• monitors
• monitour
• monitoring
• monitored

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