Meaning of monitor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
2. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone
3. Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
4. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
5. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something
6. To act as a monitor.
7. A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
8. A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
9. A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer
10. to act as, or to use, a monitor; to keep a careful check on. These machines/technicians monitor the results constantly. moniteer يُراقِب بالمِرْقاب следя controlar monitorovat; kontrolovat überwachsen overvåge ελέγχω, παρακολουθώcontrolar, observar järele valvama کنترل کردن valvoa contrôler, surveiller לַעֲקוֹב, לְפַקֵח निगाह रखना, निगरानी करना pratiti, monitorirati ellenőriz memantau hafa eftirlit með monitorare, controllare 監視する 감시하다 kontroliuoti, stebėti, tikrinti kontrolēt; vērot, sekot m...
11. The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship of its type.
12. A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
13. A studio monitor or loudspeaker
14. One that admonishes, cautions, or reminds, especially with respect to matters of conduct.
15. A program for viewing and editing.
16. A program for viewing and editing
17. A pupil who assists a teacher in routine duties.
18. The command line interface of an operating system.
    dated
19. A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system.
20. A student leader in a class.
    Hong-Kong, Singapore, archaic
21. Computers A program that observes, supervises, or controls the activities of other programs.
    Computers
22. A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
23. An articulated device holding a rotating nozzle with which a jet of water is regulated, used in mining and firefighting.
24. A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
25. A heavily ironclad warship of the 19th century with a low, flat deck and one or more gun turrets.
26. 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 several tools successively into position.
27. See monitor lizard.
28. A monitor nozzle.
29. To check the quality or content of (an electronic audio or visual signal) by means of a receiver.
30. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
    obsolete
31. An ironclad.
    archaic

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Examples

“The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.”

“And oft, mild friend, to me thou art A monitor, though still; Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart, Beyond the preacher's skill.”

“The information flashed up on the monitor.”

“a machine code monitor”

“So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors, who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order.”

“But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!”

“He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on.”

“c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.”

“There has been no lack of other monitors — a ticklish haysel, a flooded harvest all through the north […]”

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