# monitors

Pronunciation: US say "MON-i-turz" /ˈmɔn.ɪ.tɚz/; say "MON-i-tuhz" UK /ˈmɒn.ɪ.təz/, AUS /ˈmɔn.ɪ.təz/

## Noun

1. Plural of monitor. — plural of monitor
   - Simple: Plural of monitor. Use this form when you mean more than one monitor.
   - _The control room had a dozen monitors showing live camera feeds._
   - _Hall monitors checked passes at every entrance during the assembly._
3. Small earphones worn by performers on stage to hear a personal mix of vocals and instruments over the crowd. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Small earphones that singers and musicians wear on stage to hear themselves clearly.
   - _The drummer wears snug-fitting monitors so he can follow the click track over the noise._
   - _Before the set, the engineer sealed each performer's monitors into their ears and dialed in a custom mix._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of monitor. — third-person singular simple present indicative of monitor
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of monitor. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _A nurse monitors each patient's heart rate from the central station._
   - _The software monitors network traffic and flags anything unusual._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/monitors (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).