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English noun: monitor | |||
| 1. | monitor (person) someone who supervises (an examination) | ||
| Synonyms | proctor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | supervisor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | invigilator | ||
| 2. | monitor (person) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | ||
| Synonyms | admonisher, reminder | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defender, guardian, protector, shielder | ||
| 3. | Monitor (artifact) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac | ||
| Instance hypernym | vessel, watercraft | ||
| 4. | monitor (artifact) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor | ||
| Synonyms | monitoring device | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, video display | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | computer monitor | ||
| Part holonym | cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, oscilloscope, scope | ||
| Part meronym | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | ||
| 5. | monitor (artifact) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electronic equipment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | television monitor, tv monitor | ||
| Part meronym | television, television system | ||
| 6. | monitor (artifact) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electronic equipment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cardiac monitor, electronic fetal monitor, electronic foetal monitor, fetal monitor, foetal monitor, heart monitor | ||
| 7. | monitor (animal) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles | ||
| Synonyms | monitor lizard, varan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lizard | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | African monitor, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, Varanus komodoensis, Varanus niloticus | ||
| Member meronym | genus Varanus, Varanus | ||
English verb: monitor | |||
| 1. | monitor (perception) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | ||
| Samples | We are monitoring the air quality. The police monitor the suspect's moves. | ||
| Synonyms | supervise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | observe | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sleuth, snoop, spy, stag | ||
| 2. | monitor (perception) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | observe | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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