monitor
noun
[ ˈmɒnɪtə ]
• a device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of something.
• "a heart monitor"
• a television receiver used in a studio to select or verify the picture being broadcast from a particular camera.
• "the playback can be displayed on an external television screen or monitor"
• a school pupil with disciplinary or other special duties.
• "he was a school monitor and a choir boy"
• a large tropical Old World lizard with a long neck, narrow head, forked tongue, strong claws, and a short body. Monitors were formerly believed to give warning of crocodiles.
• a shallow-draught warship mounting one or two heavy guns for bombardment.
monitor
verb
• observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.
• "equipment was installed to monitor air quality"
Similar:
observe,
watch,
keep an eye on,
keep track of,
track,
keep under observation,
keep watch on,
keep under surveillance,
surveil,
check,
keep a check on,
scan,
examine,
study,
record,
note,
oversee,
supervise,
superintend,
keep tabs on,
keep a tab on,
keep a beady eye on,
Origin:
early 16th century (in monitor (sense 3 of the noun)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere . monitor (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the 1930s.
