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# monitor

«monitor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A computer screen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a monitor, monitors); verb (monitor, monitors, monitored, monitoring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A computer screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#m1)

2) A machine that watches and shows something, like a heart monitor or a baby monitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#m2)

3) (at school) A pupil with a special job: «milk monitor», «book monitor». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#m3)

4) (verb) To watch or check something carefully over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#m4)

5) (monitor lizard) A large lizard, like the Komodo dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In school: class monitors help the teacher; computers have monitors. In science: we monitor plant growth, temperature or weather every day and record results. In everyday life and safety: baby monitors, heart monitors in hospitals; parents monitor screen time. Phrases: «keep monitoring», «screen monitor», «heart rate monitor».

### examples

- Please turn off the monitor before you leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x1)
- I'm the plant monitor this week, so I water the plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x2)
- We monitored the temperature every day for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x3)
- The nurse checked the heart monitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x4)
- The baby monitor lets parents hear the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x5)
- A monitor lizard can grow longer than a man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x6)
- Our teacher monitors how much time we spend online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/#x7)

### note

Countable noun; verb: monitored, monitoring (no double r). Spelling: «-or», not «-er». Noun from the verb: monitoring.

### In the corpora

- ["Flatlined" means died or the heart stopped, because the heart monitor shows a flat line; a business can also flatline.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/21/)
- [In a job like class monitor, be fair and don't favour your friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/15/)
- [A continuous glucose monitor has a tiny thread under the skin that measures sugar every few minutes and sends it to a phone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/7/)
- [Hospital machines monitor heart rate, oxygen and breathing and beep when something needs checking, which is often not urgent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monitor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monitor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.