monitor
/ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
noun
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
Example Sentences
- "The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep."
- "And oft, mild friend, to me thou art A monitor, though still; Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart, Beyond the preacher's skill."
- "The information flashed up on the monitor."
- "a machine code monitor"
- "So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors, who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order."
- "But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/
- British English: /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Computing.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
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African monitor
ankle monitor
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Bengal monitor
black-headed monitor