Invigilate
/ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) wordnet
- 3 To keep watch. archaic, intransitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
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”).