verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To oversee a test or exam. Canada, UK, ambitransitive

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

2. 2
   watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) wordnet
3. 3
   To keep watch. archaic, intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

proctorwake

Example

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"We went to a secondary school to invigilate today."

Etymology

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

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