überwachen — meaning in English

English meaning

• monitor noun A screen used to display output from a computer or other device.
• oversee verb To supervise or take responsibility for a person, project, or process.
• surveil verb To watch someone or something closely, often secretly.
• watch noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.

Senses

überwachen is used for these senses in English:

• monitor (transitive) To watch over; to guard.
• oversee (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
• oversee To inspect, examine
• surveil (transitive, US) To keep someone or something under surveillance.
• watch (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

monitor — full definition

1. noun A screen used to display output from a computer or other device.
2. noun A person or device that watches over something to check on its condition or progress.
3. verb To watch or check something regularly over time.

oversee — full definition

1. verb To supervise or take responsibility for a person, project, or process.
2. verb To inspect or examine something closely.

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