monitor (n.)

  1. someone who supervises (an examination)

    [ Syn: proctor ]

  2. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

    [ Syn: admonisher , reminder ]

  3. an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

    [ Syn: monitor ]

  4. display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

    [ Syn: monitoring device ]

  5. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

  6. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

  7. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

    [ Syn: monitor lizard , varan ]

    monitor (v.)

  1. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; we are monitoring the air quality; the police monitor the suspects moves

    [ Syn: supervise ]

  2. check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

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