Invigilate

/ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/ verb

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

Example

More examples

"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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