invigilate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/, /ɪnˈvɪdʒəleɪt/

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Verb

invigilate (third-person singular simple present invigilates, present participle invigilating, simple past and past participle invigilated)

1. (UK, Canada, transitive, intransitive) To oversee a test or exam.

   Synonym: (Canada, US) proctor

   Professor Burns will be invigilating over the final examinations to ensure that the students do not cheat.

2. (archaic, intransitive) To keep watch.

Derived terms

• invigilation
• invigilator
• invigilatrix

Translations

oversee an exam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監考／监考 (zh) (jiānkǎo)

• Danish: teste (da), afprøve
• Finnish: valvoa (fi)
• French: surveiller (fr)
• Russian: следи́ть за экзамену́ющимися (sledítʹ za ekzamenújuščimisja)

See also

• proctor

Latin

Verb

invigilāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of invigilō