"invigilate" meaning in English

See invigilate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/, /ɪnˈvɪdʒəleɪt/ Audio: en-ca-invigilate.ogg Forms: invigilates [present, singular, third-person], invigilating [participle, present], invigilated [participle, past], invigilated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|invigilātus}} Borrowed from Latin invigilātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} invigilate (third-person singular simple present invigilates, present participle invigilating, simple past and past participle invigilated)
  1. (UK, Canada, transitive, intransitive) To oversee a test or exam. Tags: Canada, UK, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: proctor Translations (oversee an exam): 監考 (Chinese Mandarin), 监考 (jiānkǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), teste (Danish), afprøve (Danish), valvoa (Finnish), surveiller (French), следи́ть за экзамену́ющимися (sledítʹ za ekzamenújuščimisja) (Russian), goruchwylio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-invigilate-en-verb-r-99C72O Disambiguation of Education: 100 0 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'oversee an exam': 86 14
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To keep watch. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-invigilate-en-verb-ZC-iwSZT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: invigilation, invigilator, invigilatrix Related terms: proctor

Inflected forms

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