surveillance
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6.2
- noun
- /sɜrˈveɪləns/
- Specialized
:
vigilancia
- The police conducted surveillance on the suspect for several weeks.
- a surveillance system
- public health surveillance
- surveillance data
That's surveillance on the Internet, that's surveillance in person of venues of people.
- That's surveillance on the Internet, that's surveillance in person of venues of people.
- And so you've got star shield that is a surveillance operation for the for the government.
- I'm like, OK, I'm under surveillance in Warren, OH, of all places.
- What if Earth was under some sort of surveillance or observation?
- You mentioned before that you had this ambient sense of surveillance or the people are watching you.
- The penal system that's law, policing and surveillance has also expanded hugely.
- It was for criticizing the surveillance state machine that's being built up around us.
- Now both problems of surveillance are solved by AI.
- And we need to do better surveillance as a a world.
- So that's these are all matters of more surveillance, which is what concerns me.
- And two I'm following are surveillance cameras, ID cards.
- They say they they got their government surveillance robots.
Examples
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They were showing the surveillance video.
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We're in position to start our surveillance.
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This guy knows that I may be under surveillance, but this looks natural.
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We were doing surveillance for three days at night time.
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Do you guys have a surveillance van in the area?
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So they say that a society under surveillance is no longer a democracy.
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It's got heavy surveillance and security cameras, but we can use that against him.
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For four days, I was under constant surveillance by a medical officer or nurse, with no change.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every inch of the village will be covered in surveillance.
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I scoured every surveillance camera in the area.
Synonyms
442
4.2
A time when people stay awake to guard or look for danger
211
3.0
The act of watching something to learn about it
130
3.2
Regular checking and recording of something to see how it changes
114
3.2
Watching where people or things are over time
66
4.6
The act of secretly watching people or places to get information
11
2.3
Careful, constant watching of people or things to notice problems
9
4.0
Using electronic devices to watch people and places
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
13
3.9
A group of cameras and devices that watch people or places for safety
1
7.4
A United States law that requires courts to approve spying on foreign people or groups
1
9.1
A secret United States court that allows electronic monitoring and searches for foreign intelligence
- Formal
Monitoring health data continuously to find and stop the spread of infections
- Specialized
A planned way to watch and collect information about people or places for security
How Continuous
130
3.2
- Specialized
526
6.2
168
5.5
∞
1.0
211
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word surveillance comes from French parts sur- ('over') and veiller ('to watch'), so it literally means 'watching over' someone or something. That's why surveillance today means careful, ongoing watching, often by police or cameras.