(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you regularly check its development or progress, and sometimes comment on it.
Officials had not been allowed to ~ the voting...
You need feedback to ~ progress.
VERB: V n, V n
~ing
...analysis and ~ing of the global environment.
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2.
If someone ~s radio broadcasts from other countries, they record them or listen carefully to them in order to obtain information.
Peter Murray is in London and has been ~ing reports out of Monrovia.
VERB: V n
3.
A ~ is a machine that is used to check or record things, for example processes or substances inside a person’s body.
The heart ~ shows low levels of consciousness.
N-COUNT: usu n N
4.
A ~ is a screen which is used to display certain kinds of information, for example in airports or television studios.
He was watching a game of tennis on a television ~.
= screen
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5.
You can refer to a person who checks that something is done correctly, or that it is fair, as a ~.
Government ~s will continue to accompany reporters.
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