- monitor
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 television/computer screenADJECTIVE▪ colour/color▪ digital▪ CCTV, computer, PC, television, TV, video▪ flat-panel, flat-screen, LCD, touch-screenPREPOSITION▪ on a/the monitor▪
The security staff can see the outside of the building on their CCTV monitors.
2 machine that records/checks sthADJECTIVE▪ baby, foetal/fetal, heart, heart-rate, oxygen, pulse, radiationMONITOR + VERB▪ detect sth▪ display sth, show sth▪The heart monitor shows the strength of your pulse.
▪ beep, flickerPHRASES▪ hooked up to a monitor▪He was lying there hooked up to a heart monitor.
3 sb who checks sth is done fairly/correctlyADJECTIVE▪ UN▪UN monitors declared the referendum fair.
▪ ceasefire, election▪ court-appointed (AmE)▪ hall (AmE), school{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ carefully, closely, rigorously (esp. BrE), strictly▪Television advertising is strictly monitored.
▪ periodically, regularly, routinely, systematically▪ constantly, continually, continuously▪ effectively, properly▪ automatically▪ remotely▪ electronicallyVERB + MONITOR▪ be able to▪We will now be able to monitor its progress more closely.
▪ continue to▪The authorities will continue to monitor the situation.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪The workers are constantly monitored for exposure to radiation.
Monitor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑call, ↑change, ↑development, ↑effect, ↑effectiveness, ↑election, ↑email, ↑emission, ↑expenditure, ↑health, ↑heartbeat, ↑impact, ↑implementation, ↑level, ↑movement, ↑performance, ↑pollution, ↑progress, ↑progression, ↑quality, ↑radiation, ↑radioactivity, ↑situation, ↑temperature, ↑test, ↑traffic, ↑usage
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
