[ˈmɒnɪtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of something
(e.g: a heart monitor)

- a television receiver used in a studio to select or verify the picture being broadcast from a particular camera
(e.g: the playback can be displayed on an external television screen or monitor)

- a school pupil with disciplinary or other special duties
(e.g: he was a school monitor and a choir boy)

- a large tropical Old World lizard with a long neck, narrow head, forked tongue, strong claws, and a short body. Monitors were formerly believed to give warning of crocodiles

- a shallow-draught warship mounting one or two heavy guns for bombardment


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (in monitor): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. monitor dates from the 1930s

[ˈmɒnɪtə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review
(e.g: equipment was installed to monitor air quality)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (in monitor): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. monitor dates from the 1930s