Definitions of Monitor [ˈmɒn ɪ tər]

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Definition of 'Monitor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) monitor
a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help keep order.

2.  monitor
a person who admonishes, esp. with reference to conduct.

3.  monitor
something that serves to remind or give warning.

4.  monitor
a device or arrangement for observing, detecting, or recording the operation of a machine or system, esp. an automatic control system.

5.  monitor
an instrument for detecting dangerous gases, radiation, etc.

6.  monitor
Radio and Television.

7.  monitor
a receiving apparatus used in a control room or studio for monitoring transmissions.

8.  monitor
a component with a display screen for viewing computer data, television programs, etc.

9.  monitor
a former U.S. steam-propelled, armored warship of very low freeboard.

10.  monitor
(cap., italics) the first of such warships, used by Union forces against the Merrimack in 1862.

11.  monitor
a raised construction straddling the ridge of a roof and having windows or louvers for lighting or ventilating a building.

12.  monitor
any lizard of the family Varanidae, of Africa, S Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, fabled to give warning of the presence of crocodiles.

13. (v.t.) monitor
Radio and Television.

14.  monitor
to listen to (transmitted signals) on a receiving set in order to check the quality of the transmission.

15.  monitor
to observe, record, or detect (an operation or condition) with instruments that have no effect upon the operation or condition.

16.  monitor
to oversee, supervise, or regulate.

17.  monitor
to watch closely for purposes of control, surveillance, etc.; keep track of.

18. (v.i.) monitor
to serve as a monitor, detector, supervisor, etc.

Etymology: (1540–50; < L: adviser =moni-, var. s. of monēre to advise, warn +-tor -tor)

Definition of 'Monitor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) proctor, monitor
someone who supervises (an examination)

2. (noun) admonisher, monitor, reminder
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

3. (noun) Monitor
an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

4. (noun) monitor, monitoring device
display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

5. (noun) monitor
electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

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

7. (verb) monitor, monitor lizard, varan
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

8. (verb) monitor, supervise
keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
"we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves"

9. (verb) monitor
check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

Definition of 'Monitor'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) monitor
to watch sth in order to be sure that nothing bad happens
We monitor his condition and adapt his medication when necessary.; an organization that monitors the safety of products

2. (noun) monitor
a screen
a TV monitor

3. monitor
a device for checking part of the body
a heart monitor

4. monitor
sb who checks sth is done correctly
election monitors

Definition of 'Monitor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Monitor
one who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution

2. (noun) Monitor
hence, specifically, a pupil 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

3. (noun) Monitor
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

4. (noun) Monitor
an ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns

5. (noun) Monitor
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

Translation of 'Monitor'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a senior pupil who helps to see that school rules are kept.
Afrikaans: monitor	Arabic: مُراقِب الصَّف	Bulgarian: по-голям ученик отговорен
Brazilian: monitor	Czech: předseda třídy	German: der Klassenordner
Danish: præfekt	Greek: επιμελητής	Spanish: responsable, encargado
Estonian: klassivanem, korrapidaja	Farsi: کنترل	Finnish: valvojaoppilas
French: chef de classe	Hebrew: מַשגִיח	Hindi: कक्षा नायक
Croatian: đak prefekt	Hungarian: felügyelő (diák)	Indonesian: pengawas
Icelandic: bekkjarumsjónarmaður	Italian: capoclasse	Japanese: 学級委員
Korean: 반장	Lithuanian: seniūnas	Latvian: klases vecākais
Malay: pengawas	Dutch: monitor	Norwegian: ordenselev, tilsynselev
Persian: کنترل	Pashto: كنترول	Portuguese: monitor
Romanian: şef de clasă	Russian: староста	Slovak: predseda triedy
Slovenian: reditelj	Serbian: redar	Swedish: ordningsman
Thai: ผู้ดูแล	Turkish: sınıf temsilcisi, mümessi	Taiwanese: 學校班級的班長或股長
Ukrainian: староста в класі	Urdu: جماعت میں نظم و ضبط رکھنے	Vietnamese: lớp trưởng
Chinese: 学校的班长，（英）导生
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