Thesaurus: monitor
One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
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- n. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
- n. Hence, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/specifically">specifically, a pupil class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/selected">selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
- n. Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
- n. An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
- n. 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 successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.
- n. someone who supervises (an examination)
- n. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- n. display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- n. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- n. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- n. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
- v. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance