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`noun
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`1.
`any instrument designed to check, record or control something on a regular basis.
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`2.
`a highquality screen used in closedcircuit television systems, in TV studios, etc to view the picture being transmitted, etc.
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`the visual display unit of a computer, used to present information to the user.
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`in a school: a pupil who helps with specific tasks, or a senior pupil who helps to enforce discipline over other pupils.
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`someone whose job is to monitor eg a situation, process, etc.
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`6.
`(also monitor lizard) any of various large carnivorous lizards of Africa, Asia and Australia, so called because they are thought to give a warning of the presence of crocodiles.
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`telecommunications an apparatus for testing transmission without interfering with the regular transmission.
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`verb (monitored, monitoring) to check, record, track or control something on a regular basis; to observe or act as a monitor of something.
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`Derivatives
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`monitorial adjective.
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`monitorship noun.
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`monitory adjective, formal serving as a warning or tellingoff.
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`[16c: from Latin monere to warn or advise.]
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