verb / noun · neutral
monitor
UK/ˈmɒnɪtə/US/ˈmɑːnɪtər/MON·i·tor
to regularly check, observe, or record something over a period of time
Examples
“Teachers monitor students' progress during the semester to identify those who need extra help.”
“The air quality was monitored continuously throughout the study.”
“They set up cameras to monitor the experiment remotely.”
Band 8 sentence
“To evaluate the intervention's effectiveness, the research team monitored participants' behaviour continuously for six months.”
Collocations
- monitor progress
- closely monitor
- monitor the effects of
Word family
Common mistakes
He monitor the data every day.→He monitors the data every day.
We are monitor the equipment now.→We are monitoring the equipment now.
Say it for a higher band
5watch→6check→7+monitor
Synonyms
track
Easily confused
track
“The researchers tracked participants' locations using GPS devices.”
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