monitor

/ˈmɒnɪtər/ noun [C]

Definition

SCREEN › a screen that shows information or pictures, usually connected to a computer: a colour monitor

MACHINE › a machine, often in a hospital, that measures something such as the rate that your heart beats: a heart monitor

PERSON › someone who watches something to make certain that it is done correctly or fairly: a human rights monitor

(Definition of monitor noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.