MONITOR


Meaning of MONITOR in English

I.

noun

1 television/computer screen

ADJECTIVE

▪ colour/color

▪ digital

▪ CCTV , computer , PC , television , TV , video

▪ flat-panel , flat-screen , LCD , touch-screen

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

The security staff can see the outside of the building on their CCTV ~s.

2 machine that records/checks sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ baby , foetal/fetal , heart , heart-rate , oxygen , pulse , radiation

MONITOR + VERB

▪ detect sth

▪ display sth , show sth

The heart ~ shows the strength of your pulse.

▪ beep , flicker

PHRASES

▪ hooked up to a ~

He was lying there hooked up to a heart ~.

3 sb who checks sth is done fairly/correctly

ADJECTIVE

▪ UN

UN ~s declared the referendum fair.

▪ ceasefire , election

▪ court-appointed ( AmE )

▪ hall ( AmE ), school

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully , closely , rigorously ( esp. BrE ), strictly

Television advertising is strictly ~ed.

▪ periodically , regularly , routinely , systematically

▪ constantly , continually , continuously

▪ effectively , properly

▪ automatically

▪ remotely

▪ electronically

VERB + MONITOR

▪ be able to

We will now be able to ~ its progress more closely.

▪ continue to

The authorities will continue to ~ the situation.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

The workers are constantly ~ed for exposure to radiation.

Monitor is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ condition , ↑ observer , ↑ satellite

Monitor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ activity , ↑ call , ↑ change , ↑ development , ↑ effect , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ election , ↑ email , ↑ emission , ↑ expenditure , ↑ health , ↑ heartbeat , ↑ impact , ↑ implementation , ↑ level , ↑ movement , ↑ performance , ↑ pollution , ↑ progress , ↑ progression , ↑ quality , ↑ radiation , ↑ radioactivity , ↑ situation , ↑ temperature , ↑ test , ↑ traffic , ↑ usage

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