invigilate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/
- /ɪnˈvɪdʒəleɪt/
- (Canada) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”).
Meanings
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(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.
- (archaic, intransitive) To keep watch.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| invigilates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| invigilated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| invigilated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| invigilating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
invigilation · invigilator · invigilatrix
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Translations (8)
fr surveiller (oversee an exam) · cmn 監考 /监考 (oversee an exam) · fi valvoa (oversee an exam) · da afprøve (oversee an exam) · ru следи́ть за экзамену́ющимися (oversee an exam) · cy goruchwylio (oversee an exam) · es invigilar (oversee an exam) · da teste (oversee an exam)