Dictionary

monitor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɒn.ə.tə/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɑ.nə.tɚ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• [ˈmɒn.ɪ.ɾɚ] (Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• [ˈmɔ̟n.ə.ɾə] (New-Zealand)
• [ˈmɔn.ɪ.ɾə] (Australia)
• /ˈmɔn.ɪ.tə/ (Australia)
• [ˈmɑ.nə.ɾɚ] (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• [ˈmɑ.nɪ.ɾɚ] (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. 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:
2. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
3. 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.
4. A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
5. A program for viewing and editing.
   • a machine code monitor
6. (dated) The command line interface of an operating system.
7. (Hong-Kong, Singapore, archaic, in UK) 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:
   • He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on. (Can we date this quote?), Pearl Poon, Class Monitor Election, Hong Kong ICAC Comics:
8. 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.
9. A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
10. 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.
11. A monitor nozzle.
12. (obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.
    • 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:
13. (archaic) An ironclad warship with a low freeboard and a rotating turret.
14. A modern shallow-draft warship for coastal bombardment.

Forms

Deriveds

monitorless · virtual machine monitor · yellow-spotted monitor · African monitor · hall monitor · crocodile monitor · Dampier Peninsula monitor · desert monitor · Bengal monitor · Bush's monitor · Gray's monitor · sand monitor · monitorisation · ackie monitor · black-headed monitor · dungeon monitor · quince monitor · peach-throated monitor · monitorize · Gould's monitor · monitor lizard · ridged-tailed monitor · hallway monitor · Papua monitor · savannah monitor · grey monitor · freckled monitor · baby monitor · Asian water monitor · tree monitor · Salvadori's monitor · ankle monitor · blue-tailed monitor · Argus monitor · monitorial · lace monitor · ornate monitor · Sepik monitor · monitorization · rock monitor · spiny-tailed monitor · Indian monitor · multimonitor · nile monitor · self-monitor · biomonitor · Rosenberg's monitor · water monitor · short-tailed pygmy monitor · Timor monitor · Pilbara monitor · racehorse monitor · heart rate monitor · ink monitor · monitorship · Indian desert monitor · golden monitor · in-ear monitor · yellow monitor · peacock monitor · Papuan monitor · monitress · mournful monitor · monitorable · black-tailed monitor · black-throated monitor · Storr's monitor · telemonitor · Nile monitor · Dumeril's monitor · monitorability · Holter monitor · white-throated monitor · milk monitor · Solomon Island spiny monitor · Caspian monitor

Descendants

มอนิเตอร์

Relateds

admonitory · VDU · monition · admonition · premonition · display · screen · monument · admonish

Translations (181)

xal делгец (computer display) · sv monitor (class of armored warship) · hu monitor (class of armored warship) · mk мо́нитор (computer display) · it rappresentante di classe (student leader) · is tölvuskjár (computer display) · ca monitor (class of armored warship) · da overvåge (someone who watches over something) · pl monitor (computer display) · de Aufpasser (someone who watches over something) · hu kis hadihajó (class of armored warship) · pt observador (someone who watches over something) · tg сардори синф (student leader) · ab амонитор (computer display) · ko 모니터 (computer display) · bg монито́р (class of armored warship) · be ста́раста (student leader) · is mænir (computer display) · el επιτηρητής (someone who watches over something) · is skjár (computer display) · ka მონიტორი (computer display) · km ម៉ូនីទ័រ (computer display) · de Monitor (computer display) · de Klassensprecher (student leader) · gv ard-ynseydagh (student leader) · tk monitor (computer display) · pl dyżurny (student leader) · bg надзира́тел (someone who watches over something) · tr ekran (computer display) · kk монитор (computer display) · el οθόνη (computer display) · hu -figyelő (computing: program for viewing and editing) · de Wächter (someone who watches over something) · es monitor (someone who watches over something) · sh ѐкра̄н (computer display) · de Klassensprecherin (student leader) · uk екра́н (computer display) · bg екра́н (computer display) · kk сынып басы (student leader) · ab аекран (computer display) · bg наста́вник (student leader) · el μόνιτορ (computer display) · ja 学級委員 (student leader) · ru наста́вник (someone who watches over something) · gl monitor (someone who watches over something) · sv övervakare (someone who watches over something) · kk сынып старостасы (student leader) · de Bildschirm (computer display) · uk моніто́р (computer display) · cmn 顯示器 /显示器 (computer display) · ro monitor (someone who watches over something) · lt monitorius (computer display) · es delegada de clase (student leader) · vi trưởng lớp (student leader) · uk ста́роста (student leader) · fr écran (computer display) · ms monitor (computer display) · yue 班長 /班长 (student leader) · be экра́н (computer display) · da edb-skærm (computing: program for viewing and editing) · ar شَاشَة (computer display) · yi מאָניטאָר (computer display) · ur سْکْرِین (computer display) · lt ekranas (computer display) · my မော်နီတာ (computer display) · sh рѐда̄р (someone who watches over something) · fr déléguée de classe (student leader) · ca monitor (computer display) · ar عَرِيفَة (student leader) · hu felügyelő (someone who watches over something) · hu monitor (computer display) · fr délégué de classe (student leader) · sq monitor (computer display) · pl dyżurna (student leader) · vi màn hình (computer display) · mn монитор (computer display) · eu monitore (computer display) · lv monitors (computer display) · sv bildskärm (computer display) · hy մոնիտոր (computer display) · sh èkrān (computer display) · fr monitrice (someone who watches over something) · ar مُرَاقِبَة (student leader) · sl monitor (computer display) · fa-ira مانیتور (computer display) · nl toezichthouder (someone who watches over something) · id monitor (computer display) · ja モニター (computer display) · ru надзира́тель (someone who watches over something) · th จอภาพ (computer display) · th หน้าจอ (computer display) · pt monitor (someone who watches over something) · ko 반장 (student leader) · eo monitoro (computer display) · nb monitor (class of armored warship) · fi näyttöpääte (computer display) · fa-ira نَمایِشْگَر (computer display) · ur مانِیٹَر (computer display) · mn дэлгэц (computer display) · nrf monniteu (someone who watches over something) · th หัวหน้าห้อง (student leader) · ru наста́вница (someone who watches over something) · ru монито́р (computer display) · ru экра́н (computer display) · vi pháo hạm (computer display) · fr moniteur (someone who watches over something) · sv monitör (student leader) · sk monitor (computer display) · id layar (computer display) · sh rèdār (someone who watches over something) · et monitor (computer display) · mi monita (someone who watches over something) · hu napos (student leader) · bg мони́тор (computer display) · ar مُرَاقِبَة (someone who watches over something) · ms pengawas (computer display) · ro monitor (computer display) · uz monitor (computer display) · da computerskærm (computing: program for viewing and editing) · nrf monniteu (computer display) · fi valvoja (someone who watches over something) · fi tarkkailija (someone who watches over something) · ja 級長 (student leader) · km អេក្រង់ (computer display) · ru надзира́тельница (someone who watches over something) · th หัวหน้าชั้น (student leader) · az monitor (computer display) · sv skärm (computer display) · cs monitor (class of armored warship) · ru ста́роста (student leader) · ko 급장 (student leader) · nl monitor (computer display) · pl monitor (class of armored warship) · ar شَاشَة الْعَرْض (computer display) · lo ໜ້າຈໍ (computer display) · bn মনিটর (computer display) · gl monitor (computer display) · pt monitor (computer display) · tg монитор (computer display) · hu hetes (student leader) · fr moniteur (computer display) · th มอนิเตอร์ (computer display) · nb dataskjerm (computer display) · sh мо̀нитор (computer display) · ar مُرَاقِب (student leader) · nn monitor (class of armored warship) · hu képernyő (computer display) · hu ügyeletes (someone who watches over something) · vo nünömaskrin (computer display) · ar مُرَاقِب (someone who watches over something) · hu -kezelő (computing: program for viewing and editing) · da skærm (computer display) · sv monitor (computer display) · nb dataskjerm (computer display) · fi monitori (computer display) · he צָג (computer display) · da monitor (computer display) · hu megfigyelő (someone who watches over something) · hu ellenőr (someone who watches over something) · it monitor (computer display) · ar عَرِيف (student leader) · uk спостеріга́ч (someone who watches over something) · es delegado de clase (student leader) · be маніто́р (computer display) · hi पर्यवेक्षक (someone who watches over something) · it capoclasse (student leader) · fi järjestäjä (student leader) · cs monitor (computer display) · es monitor (computer display) · sv monitor (computing: program for viewing and editing) · fi näyttö (computer display) · vi pháo thuyền (computer display) · fa-ira مُبْصِر (someone who watches over something) · da aflytte (someone who watches over something) · ca monitor (someone who watches over something) · da billedskærm (computer display) · ky монитор (computer display) · nl beeldscherm (computer display) · cmn 班長 /班长 (student leader) · hi मॉनिटर (computer display) · sh mònitor (computer display)

wikipedia: USS Monitor · wikidata: Q5290 · wikidata: Q137823

monitor en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɒn.ə.tə/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɑ.nə.tɚ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• [ˈmɒn.ɪ.ɾɚ] (Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• [ˈmɔ̟n.ə.ɾə] (New-Zealand)
• [ˈmɔn.ɪ.ɾə] (Australia)
• /ˈmɔn.ɪ.tə/ (Australia)
• [ˈmɑ.nə.ɾɚ] (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• [ˈmɑ.nɪ.ɾɚ] (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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:
   • The NOAA monitors global temperatures and records on a monthly and an annual basis, not daily. […] Various parts of the world have been experiencing heatwaves and on Thursday the EU’s climate monitoring service said the world had experienced its hottest June on record last month. 2023 July 7, “UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • 2002, Mark Baker, Garry Smith, GridRM: A Resource Monitoring Architecture for the Grid, in Manish Parashar (editor), Grid Computing - GRID 2002: Third International Workshop, Springer, LNCS 2536, page 268, A wide-area distributed system such as a Grid requires that a broad range of data be monitored and collected for a variety of tasks such as fault detection and performance monitoring, analysis, prediction and tuning.
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

monitorable

Synonyms

track · supervise · oversee

Translations (46)

pl monitorować (watch over, guard) · fi valvoa (watch over, guard) · nl toezicht houden (watch over, guard) · it supervisionare (watch over, guard) · fr surveiller (watch over, guard) · ru проследи́ть (watch over, guard) · fr monitorer (watch over, guard) · pt monitorar (watch over, guard) · fi tarkkailla (watch over, guard) · de aufpassen (watch over, guard) · es monitorizar (watch over, guard) · fi vahtia (watch over, guard) · el εποπτεύω (watch over, guard) · ru следи́ть (watch over, guard) · no overvåke (watch over, guard) · uk контролюва́ти (watch over, guard) · sh надгледати (watch over, guard) · uk відсте́жити (watch over, guard) · es monitorear (watch over, guard) · nl surveilleren (watch over, guard) · de überprüfen (watch over, guard) · sv övervaka (watch over, guard) · bg контролирам (watch over, guard) · uk відсте́жувати (watch over, guard) · ru отследи́ть (watch over, guard) · mi aroturuki (watch over, guard) · pt monitorizar (watch over, guard) · sq vëzhgoj (watch over, guard) · uk проконтролюва́ти (watch over, guard) · mi monita (watch over, guard) · ms pantau (watch over, guard) · it guardare (watch over, guard) · el παρακολουθώ (watch over, guard) · nl controleren (watch over, guard) · fr contrôler (watch over, guard) · ru отсле́живать (watch over, guard) · sv kontrollera (watch over, guard) · ar رَاقَّبَ (watch over, guard) · bg надзиравам (watch over, guard) · de abhören (watch over, guard) · it monitorare (watch over, guard) · de kontrollieren (watch over, guard) · sh nadgledati (watch over, guard) · cmn 監測 /监测 (watch over, guard) · de überwachen (watch over, guard) · vi giám sát (watch over, guard)

wikipedia: USS Monitor