monitor
verb/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/
/ˈmɑːnɪtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they monitor | /ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/ /ˈmɑːnɪtər/ |
| he / she / it monitors | /ˈmɒnɪtəz/ /ˈmɑːnɪtərz/ |
| past simple monitored | /ˈmɒnɪtəd/ /ˈmɑːnɪtərd/ |
| past participle monitored | /ˈmɒnɪtəd/ /ˈmɑːnɪtərd/ |
| -ing form monitoring | /ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːnɪtərɪŋ/ |
- to watch and check something over a period of time in order to see how it develops, so that you can make any necessary changes synonym track
- monitor something Each student's progress is closely monitored.
- The authorities will continue to monitor the situation.
- monitor somebody The patient is carefully monitored.
- monitor what, how, etc… We need to monitor how the situation develops.
Extra Examples- The patient is carefully monitored throughout the procedure.
- Television advertising is strictly monitored.
- The workers are constantly monitored for exposure to radiation.
- We will now be able to monitor its progress more closely.
- Independent observers monitored voting at polling stations around the country.
- The animals' temperature and heartbeat are regularly monitored.
- Uniformed and undercover police officers monitored the demonstration closely.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- rigorously
- …
- be able to
- continue to
- for
- monitor something to use technology to watch somebody/something, especially for reasons of security
- A police helicopter will be used to monitor crime hotspots.
Extra Examples- The security cameras are monitored by a CCTV control centre, staffed 24 hours a day.
- The exhibit will be constantly monitored by video cameras.
- monitor something to listen to phone calls, foreign radio broadcasts, etc. in order to find out information that might be useful
- a police state where every activity is monitored
- We were warned by a friend in the government that our phone calls were being monitored.
- The company routinely monitors all its employees' emails.
- During the war his job was to monitor enemy radio broadcasts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- rigorously
- …
- be able to
- continue to
- for
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. Sense (2) dates from the 1930s.
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