surveillance
pronunciation
How to pronounce surveillance in British English:
UK [sɜːˈveɪləns]
How to pronounce surveillance in American English:
US [sɜːrˈveɪləns]
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- Noun:
- close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
Word Origin
- surveillance
- surveillance: see vigil
- surveillance (n.)
- 1802, from French surveillance "oversight, supervision, a watch," noun of action from surveiller "oversee, watch" (17c.), from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + veiller "to watch," from Latin vigilare, from vigil "watchful" (see vigil). Seemingly a word that came to English from the Terror in France ("surveillance committees" were formed in every French municipality in March 1793 by order of the Convention to monitor the actions and movements of suspect persons, outsiders, and dissidents).
Example
- 1. Any surveillance and control system must itself be secured .
- 2. No public surveillance , no real candid ranking algorithm .
- 3. The benefits of easier surveillance are manifold .
- 4. Internet surveillance and control will be no different .
- 5. It remains under police surveillance .