monitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce monitor in British English:
UK [ˈmɒnɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce monitor in American English:
US [ˈmɑːnɪtər]
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- Noun:
- display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
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- Verb:
- keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
Word Origin
- monitor
- monitor: see monster
- monitor (n.)
- 1540s, "senior pupil at a school charged with keeping order, etc.," from Latin monitor "one who reminds, admonishes, or checks," also "an overseer, instructor, guide, teacher," agent noun from monere "to admonish, warn, advise," related to memini "I remember, I am mindful of," and to mens "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). The type of lizard so called because it is supposed to give warning of crocodiles (1826). Meaning "squat, slow-moving type of ironclad warship" (1862) so called from name of the first vessel of this design, chosen by the inventor, Swedish-born U.S. engineer John Ericsson (1803-1889), because it was meant to "admonish" the Confederate leaders in the U.S. Civil War. Broadcasting sense of "a device to continuously check on the technical quality of a transmission" (1931) led to special sense of "a TV screen displaying the picture from a particular camera."
- monitor (v.)
- 1818, "to guide;" 1924, "to check for quality" (originally especially of radio signals), from monitor (n.). General sense from 1944. Related: Monitored; monitoring.
Example
- 1. United stationers doesn 't monitor how much time employees spend on foundation work during the workday .
- 2. It could also possibly morph into a premier messaging app for companies who want to monitor employee communications .
- 3. Japanese technology , it seems , is going one step further : enabling corporations to monitor our feelings .
- 4. Too many agencies monitor the markets .
- 5. It is to monitor future conduct .