invigilate
verb (British English)(North American English proctor)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they invigilate | |
| he / she / it invigilates | |
| past simple invigilated | |
| past participle invigilated | |
| -ing form invigilating |
- invigilate (something)
to watch people while they are taking an exam to make sure that they have everything they need, that they keep to the rules, etc. 监（考） to invigilate an exam 监考
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInvigilate is used with these nouns as the object:- exam
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘watch over, keep watch’): from Latin invigilat- ‘watched over’, from the verb invigilare, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + vigilare ‘watch’ (from vigil ‘watchful’).