"invigilation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-invigilation.wav [US] Forms: invigilations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} invigilation (countable and uncountable, plural invigilations)
  1. The act of watching or invigilating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of invigilating): testning [common-gender] (Danish), afprøvning [common-gender] (Danish), inwigilacja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-invigilation-en-noun-~Dwd8-Bh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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