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MONITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
Synonyms:
monitor; monitor lizard; varan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monitor"):
African monitor; Varanus niloticus (destroys crocodile eggs)
dragon lizard; giant lizard; Komodo dragon; Komodo lizard; Varanus komodoensis (the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands)
Holonyms ("monitor" is a member of...):
genus Varanus; Varanus (type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monitor"):
cardiac monitor; heart monitor (a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart)
electronic fetal monitor; electronic foetal monitor; fetal monitor; foetal monitor (an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth)
Derivation:
monitor (keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monitor"):
television monitor; tv monitor (monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast)
Holonyms ("monitor" is a part of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
Synonyms:
monitor; monitoring device
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
display; video display (an electronic device that represents information in visual form)
Meronyms (parts of "monitor"):
cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monitor"):
computer monitor (a device that displays signals on a computer screen)
Holonyms ("monitor" is a part of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Synonyms:
admonisher; monitor; reminder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Someone who supervises (an examination)
Synonyms:
monitor; proctor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("monitor" is a kind of...):
supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monitor"):
invigilator (someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating)
Derivation:
monitor (keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they monitor ... he / she / it monitors
Past simple: monitored
Past participle: monitored
-ing form: monitoring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
Example:
the police monitor the suspect's moves
Synonyms:
monitor; supervise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "monitor" is one way to...):
observe (watch attentively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "monitor"):
sleuth; snoop; spy; stag (watch, observe, or inquire secretly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
monitor (a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble)
monitor (someone who supervises (an examination))
monitoring (the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "monitor" is one way to...):
observe (watch attentively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Context examples:
An instrument for blood pressure monitoring consisting of a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope to hear blood flow.
(Auscultatory Blood Pressure Monitor, NCI Thesaurus)
It can be used to help in diagnosis of the disease and to monitor the response to treatment.
(Bence Jones protein, NCI Thesaurus)
An organization with monitoring, regulatory, or supervisory authority over biomedical research at the local, regional, national, or international level.
(Oversight Authority, NCI Thesaurus)
"Fetch that stool," said Mr. Brocklehurst, pointing to a very high one from which a monitor had just risen: it was brought.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The completed action of observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of a subject, study subject, experimental unit, or product.
(Performed Observation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The finding obtained by observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively recording one or more aspects of physiologic or psychologic processes.
(Performed Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): surgeon, monitoring device, performing laboratory
(Performer Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The neomycin phosphotransferase gene product has no direct therapeutic value; it serves as a molecular marker to monitor the presence and localization of the PG13/Lnc8-transduced T-lymphocytes in the host.
(PG13/LNc8 Retroviral Transduced Cloned T-Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
The completed action of observing, monitoring, measuring or otherwise qualitatively or quantitatively gathering data or information about one or more aspects of a subject's, study subject's or experimental unit's physiologic or psychologic state.
(Performed Observation, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): surgeon, performing laboratory, monitoring device
(Performed By, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
