INVIGILATE

invigilate, proctor

(verb) watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(intransitive) To oversee a test or exam.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 February 2025

TRANSLATION

(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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