Synonyms for monitoring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : mon-i-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn ɪ tər

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Définition of monitoring

Origin : 1540s, "senior pupil at a school charged with keeping order, etc.," from Latin monitor "one who reminds, admonishes, or checks," also "an overseer, instructor, guide, teacher," agent noun from monere "to admonish, warn, advise," related to memini "I remember, I am mindful of," and to mens "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).
The type of lizard so called because it is supposed to give warning of crocodiles (1826). Meaning "squat, slow-moving type of ironclad warship" (1862) so called from name of the first vessel of this design, chosen by the inventor, Swedish-born U.S. engineer John Ericsson (1803-1889), because it was meant to "admonish" the Confederate leaders in the U.S. Civil War. Broadcasting sense of "a device to continuously check on the technical quality of a transmission" (1931) led to special sense of "a TV screen displaying the picture from a particular camera."

verb listen, watch carefully

Example sentences :

The next year'll be your last one at the monitoring, won't it?
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

We are monitoring his frequency and your call was relayed to me.
Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison

I speak English because we've been monitoring your radio broadcasts for years.
Extract from : « The Unwilling Professor » by Arthur Porges

Plainly the long hours of monitoring the Aztec's instruments had made him soft.
Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton

Louise and Penny were curious to learn more about the monitoring truck.
Extract from : « Voice from the Cave » by Mildred A. Wirt

The duty operator had earphones on—though only one of the phones covered an ear—and was monitoring through the bands.
Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison

Monitoring machines have traced the outlaw radio station again.
Extract from : « Voice from the Cave » by Mildred A. Wirt

Much of the growing season was spent in monitoring these destructive forces.
Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Fifty thousand people marched down Market Street after a week of this monitoring.
Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow

Paul Koreff was monitoring at least twenty radio stations, assigning somebody to each one as it was identified.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

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