{
    "term": "monitor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a screen that shows information from a computer; a television screen used to show particular kinds of information",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The details of today's flights are displayed on the monitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pages are designed to be viewed on a **computer monitor**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We included the costs of monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The security staff can see all the outside of the building on their CCTV monitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the display quality on LCD monitors has greatly improved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The laboratory is replete with banks of video monitors."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["colour/​color", "digital", "CCTV"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the monitor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment used to check or record something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was lying there hooked up to a heart monitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mia kept a two-way baby monitor in the living room so Harry's cries could be heard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A nurse checked his monitor for changes in ECG rhythms, pulse and oxygen saturation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The heart monitor shows the strength of your pulse."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["baby", "foetal/​fetal", "heart"],
                "monitor + verb": [
                    "detect something",
                    "display something",
                    "show something"
                ],
                "phrases": ["hooked up to a monitor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to check that something is done fairly and honestly, especially in a foreign country",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "UN monitors declared the referendum fair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The EU has agreed to provide monitors for the crossing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Monitors or observers help to build trust between the two sides."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["UN", "ceasefire", "election"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a student in a school who performs special duties, such as helping the teacher",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was a star pupil and the class monitor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["UN", "ceasefire", "election"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a large tropical lizard (= a type of reptile)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A large monitor lizard, prehistoric in its beauty, stared at us."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "mo/monitor/monitor__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːnɪtər/",
                "audio": "mo/monitor/monitor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in sense (3)): from Latin, from monit- ‘warned’, from the verb monere. Sense (2) dates from the 1930s."
}