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Collocations for monitor - noun

1. television/computer screen

ADJECTIVE

colour/color
digital
CCTV, computer, PC, television, TV, video
flat-panel, flat-screen, LCD, touch-screen

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PREPOSITION

on a/the monitor
The security staff can see the outside of the building on their CCTV monitors.

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2. machine that records/checks sth

ADJECTIVE

baby, foetal/fetal, heart, heart-rate, oxygen, pulse, radiation

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monitor + VERB

detect sth
display sth, show sth
The heart monitor shows the strength of your pulse.
beep, flicker

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PHRASES

hooked up to a monitor
He was lying there hooked up to a heart monitor.

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3. sb who checks sth is done fairly/correctly

ADJECTIVE

UN
UN monitors declared the referendum fair.
ceasefire, election
court-appointed (AmE)
hall (AmE), school

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Collocations for monitor - verb

ADVERB

carefully, closely, rigorously (esp. BrE), strictly
Television advertising is strictly monitored.
periodically, regularly, routinely, systematically
constantly, continually, continuously
effectively, properly
automatically
remotely
electronically

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VERB + monitor

be able to
We will now be able to monitor its progress more closely.
continue to
The authorities will continue to monitor the situation.

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PREPOSITION

for
The workers are constantly monitored for exposure to radiation.

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Monitor is used with these nouns as the subject:
condition, observer, satellite

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Monitor is used with these nouns as the object:
activity, call, change, development, effect, effectiveness, election, email, emission, expenditure, health, heartbeat, impact, implementation, level, movement, performance, pollution, progress, progression, quality, radiation, radioactivity, situation, temperature, test, traffic, usage

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