Monitor

/ˈmɒnɨtə/ noun verb

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

What it means

  1. (noun) Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone. “The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.”
  2. (noun) A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
  3. (noun) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer. “The information flashed up on the monitor.”
  4. (noun) A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
  5. (noun) A program for viewing and editing. “a machine code monitor”
  6. (noun) A student leader in a class.
  7. (noun) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
  8. (noun) An ironclad.
  9. (noun) A monitor lizard.
  10. (noun) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
  11. (noun) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.
  12. (noun) A monitor nozzle.

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Letter analysis

  • Monitor contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 3.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

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Common questions

What does Monitor mean?

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

How many letters are in Monitor?

Monitor has 7 letters.

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