Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of monitor
nounmonitoring (usually uncountable, plural monitorings)
plural monitorings
- uncountableusuallyThe carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
NR is already 'on the case' here - its man in Inverness was trained some time ago (at his request, incidentally - good man!) in drone monitoring, which enables much longer aerial patrols than are possible on foot.
2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мони́торинг, надзо́р
- мони́торинг (monítoring)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- надзо́р (nadzór)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- наблюде́ние (nabljudénie)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- контро́л (kontról)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Catalan monitorització
- monitoritzacióSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Chinese Mandarin 監測 /监测, 監視 /监视
- 監測 /监测 (jiāncè)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- 監視 /监视 (jiānshì)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Danish overvågning, kontrol
- overvågningSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- kontrolSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Dutch controleren, toezicht houden
- controlerenSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- toezicht houdenSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- volgenSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Finnish valvonta, monitorointi
- valvontaSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- monitorointiSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
French surveillance, monitoring
- surveillanceSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- monitoringSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
German Überwachung
- ÜberwachungSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Indonesian pemantauan, monitoring
- pemantauanSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- monitoringSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Italian monitoraggio
- monitoraggioSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Japanese モニタリング
- モニタリング (monitoringu)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Korean 모니터링
- 모니터링 (moniteoring)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Malay pengawasan, pemantauan
- pengawasanSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- pemantauanSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Polish monitoring
- monitoringSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Portuguese monitorização
- monitorizaçãoSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Russian монито́ринг, контро́ль
- монито́ринг (monitóring)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- контро́ль (kontrólʹ)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- надзо́р (nadzór)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
- наблюде́ние (nabljudénije)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Spanish monitorización, monitoreo
- monitorizaciónSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
- monitoreoSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Swedish övervakning
- övervakningSurveillance or continuous or regular observation
Ukrainian моніто́ринг
- моніто́ринг (monitórynh)Surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Cite this entry
APA
monitoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitoring
MLA
“monitoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitoring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monitoring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitoring.
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