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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it);
- Example: "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monitoring
    n 1: the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a
         record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications
         plays an important role in war times"