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überwachen — meaning in English

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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 keep someone or something under surveillance.
  • 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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