Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monitoring

/ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: mon-i-tor-ing
IPA: /ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of monitor

noun

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"NR is already 'on the case' here - its man in Inverness was trained some time ago (at his request, incidentally - good man!) in drone monitoring, which enables much longer aerial patrols than are possible on foot."

Etymology

From monitor + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

monitorings (plural)

Derived Forms

biomonitoring immunomonitoring neuromonitoring seromonitoring xenomonitoring

Phrases

pilot monitoring radio monitoring

Questions

How do you pronounce monitoring?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/.
What does monitoring mean?: present participle and gerund of monitor
Where does monitoring come from?: From monitor + -ing.

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