monitor meaning and definition

MONITOR noun

Definition of monitor (noun)

1. someone who supervises (an examination)
   • synonyms: proctor
2. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
   • synonyms: admonisher, reminder
3. an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
4. display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
   • synonyms: monitoring device
5. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
6. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
7. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
   • synonyms: monitor lizard, varan

MONITOR verb

Definition of monitor (verb)

1. keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
   • "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves"
   • synonyms: supervise
2. check, track, or observe by means of a receiver