Invigilation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of watching or invigilating. countable, uncountable

    "(Despite present-day "fail-safe" electronic equipment no railway authority will risk operating main-line passenger-carrying trains without human invigilation.)"

  2. 2
    keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating wordnet

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custodyeagle eyeguardguardianshiplookoutmonitoring

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"(Despite present-day "fail-safe" electronic equipment no railway authority will risk operating main-line passenger-carrying trains without human invigilation.)"

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