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Synonyms for monitored

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mon-i-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn ɪ tər

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Définition of monitored

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 :
  • Only fragments of the broadcasts could be monitored, because radio reception had suddenly deteriorated right across the world.
  • Extract from : « Warning from the Stars » by Ron Cocking
  • Ordinarily communications were not monitored but if this one had been there could certainly be a slander complaint.
  • Extract from : « Cerebrum » by Albert Teichner
  • We'll use transmitter buoys, monitored by an alarm system at base headquarters on Fearing.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung » by Victor Appleton
  • To use biofeedback equipment, electrodes are taped to the areas of your body that are to be monitored.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Very, very carefully, he monitored all the wave-lengths and wave-forms he could discover in use on Weald.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • The screen, monitored from a camera on the flyer, showed the foothills of the southern mountains over which Mara was flying.
  • Extract from : « Warlord of Kor » by Terry Gene Carr
  • Unattended ground sensors allow critical areas to be monitored continually.
  • Extract from : « Shock and Awe » by Harlan K. Ullman
  • We have monitored reports that the government is checking airlocks at all cities.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Very, very carefully, he monitored all the wave lengths and wave forms he could discover in use on Weald.
  • Extract from : « This World Is Taboo » by Murray Leinster
  • Prochaska monitored the channel during the workday to cover possible urgent messages.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton

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