television monitor
2
2.8
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən ˈmɒnɪtər/
- Specialized
:
monitor de televisión
- The production team checked the television monitor to ensure the broadcast was clear.
- watch the television monitor
- small television monitor
- large television monitor
Examples
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Behind bulletproof glass was a reception desk with three television monitors.
Fiction book (1992) -
Several large television monitors hang suspended from the ceiling.
Fiction book (2000) -
These are your television monitors.
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Man 5 is on the television monitor in Leila's bedroom.
Fiction book (1999) -
Across the top of the backdrop were television monitors, even now flashing forth images.
Fiction book (1992) -
Everyone's attention is fixed on the television monitors hanging from the ceilings.
Fiction book (2002) -
Dave stands alone, trying to put on his tuxedo while he stares at a television monitor.
Fiction book (1993) -
Television monitors blink with the latest endorsement films.
Fiction book (1996) -
The other men were laughing and crowding around, obscuring the commotion from the television monitors.
Fiction book (1993) -
The surgeon looks at a television monitor, which provides a two-dimensional image to see what is going on inside the patient's body and manipulate the surgical device accordingly.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
197
2.5
A screen on a device that shows pictures and words
118
3.3
A screen that shows pictures from a computer
2
3.4
A screen that shows text, photos, or moving pictures
1
3.0
A screen in a TV studio used to watch the live broadcast
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'television' (a system for audiovisual broadcasts) with 'monitor' (a screen/device for displaying images), so it denotes a screen used to view television content. This straightforward noun–noun composition is a common, compositional pattern (often cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning despite specific usage contexts like studios.
Etymology
Television monitor comes from the words television (pictures sent to a screen) and monitor (a device for watching something). In TV studios, a television monitor is the screen people use to 'see' the live show and 'check' how it looks and sounds, so the name means a screen used to view and control a broadcast.