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monitoring

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American: /ˈmɑnɪtɚɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 N AH0 T ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of monitor

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: observation, observance, watching

History

Etymology

From monitor + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мони́торинг (monítoring) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Bulgarian: надзо́р (nadzór) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Bulgarian: наблюде́ние (nabljudénie) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Bulgarian: контро́л (kontról) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Catalan: monitorització — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 監測 /监测 (jiāncè) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 監視 /监视 (jiānshì) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Danish: overvågning — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Danish: kontrol — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Dutch: controleren — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Dutch: toezicht houden — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Dutch: volgen — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Finnish: valvonta — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Finnish: monitorointi — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • French: surveillance — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • French: monitoring — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Georgian: მონიტორინგი (moniṭoringi) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • German: Überwachung — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Indonesian: pemantauan — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Indonesian: monitoring — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Italian: monitoraggio — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Japanese: モニタリング (monitoringu) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Kazakh: мониторинг (monitoriñ) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Korean: 모니터링 (moniteoring) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Malay: pengawasan — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Malay: pemantauan — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Polish: monitoring — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Portuguese: monitorização — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Russian: монито́ринг (monitóring) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Russian: контро́ль (kontrólʹ) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Russian: надзо́р (nadzór) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Russian: наблюде́ние (nabljudénije) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Spanish: monitorización — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Spanish: monitoreo — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Swedish: övervakning — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
  • Ukrainian: моніто́ринг (monitórynh) — Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Real reading context

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