monitor
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
Noun 4 meanings
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
“The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.”
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
“The information flashed up on the monitor.”
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
Verb 1 meaning
To watch over; to guard.
Etymology
From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.
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MONITOR at a glance
MONITOR has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + N 1 + I 1 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,755 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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