monitor

B1 Topic:Time

US /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ UK /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/ See IPA manual

Freq #3464

Meanings

1

noun
A screen that shows information from a computer.

The information flashed up on the monitor.
2

verb
To watch and check something carefully over a period of time.

Nurses monitor the patient's heart rate throughout the night.
3

noun
A piece of equipment that continuously checks how a system is working and warns of problems.

A heart monitor beeped steadily beside the hospital bed.

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2 verb · to watch and check... track oversee supervise

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Forms monitoredmonitoringmonitorsmonitress

Derived forms biomonitormonitorabilitymonitorablemonitorialmonitorisationmonitorizationmonitorizemonitorlessmonitorshipmonitressmultimonitorself-monitor

Related forms admonish admonition admonitory display monition monument premonition screenvdu

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.

*men- Proto-Indo-European

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# monitor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/
**Frequency rank:** 3464

## Meanings
1. A screen that shows information from a computer.
2. To watch and check something carefully over a period of time.
3. A piece of equipment that continuously checks how a system is working and warns of problems.

## Examples
- The information flashed up on the monitor.
- Nurses monitor the patient's heart rate throughout the night.
- A heart monitor beeped steadily beside the hospital bed.

## Derived Forms
- biomonitor
- monitorability
- monitorable
- monitorial
- monitorisation
- monitorization
- monitorize
- monitorless
- monitorship
- monitress
- multimonitor
- self-monitor

## Related Forms
- admonish
- admonition
- admonitory
- display
- monition
- monument
- premonition
- screen
- vdu

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *men-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Monitor comes 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. In present-day English its meanings include a screen that shows information from a computer, to watch and check something carefully over a period of time, and a piece of equipment that continuously checks how a system is working and warns of problems. Related and derived forms include admonish, admonition, admonitory, and biomonitor.

## Topics
- Time
- Technology & Computing

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