monitor

Definition

• n. an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
• n. display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
• n. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
• n. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

Word forms

Past participle

monitored

Present participle

monitoring

Third person singular

monitors

Past tense

monitored

Example sentences

1. n.

   I need to buy a new monitor for my computer.

2. v.

   The teacher will monitor the students during the exam.

3. n.

   We use a special program to monitor the network traffic.