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surveillance

[ ser-vey-luhns, -veyl-yuhns ]

noun

  1. a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like:

    The suspects were under police surveillance.

  2. continuous observation of a place, person, group, or ongoing activity in order to gather information: electronic surveillance.

    video cameras used for covert surveillance.

  3. attentive observation, as to oversee and direct someone or something:

    increased surveillance of patients with chronic liver disease.



surveillance

/ ɜːˈɪəԲ /

noun

  1. close observation or supervision maintained over a person, group, etc, esp one in custody or under suspicion
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Derived Forms

  • ܰˈ𾱱Գ, adjectivenoun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲt·ܰ·𾱱lԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of surveillance1

1790–1800; < French, equivalent to surveill ( er ) to watch over ( sur- sur- 1 + veiller < Latin to watch; vigil ) + -ance -ance
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of surveillance1

C19: from French, from surveiller to watch over, from sur- 1+ veiller to keep watch (from Latin ; see vigil )
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When the ambulances responded and approached the area, aerial surveillance monitors informed the soldiers on the ground of the convoy "advancing suspiciously".

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Rather than slide into polemic or tragic melodrama, Nguyen leans into the tension between the four half-siblings to unpack the complicated roles that surveillance, big tech and journalism play in our fractured modern state.

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Officers reviewed surveillance camera video of the crime and identified the suspect as Williams, police said.

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The person covered one surveillance camera with duct tape but was filmed by a separate camera throwing a chunk of concrete at the car multiple times and cutting the tires, police said.

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He is the CEO of Kelluu, a company that originally expected its technology to be used by climate researchers, but pivoted to becoming a surveillance platform targeted at cities, governments and research institutions in 2022.

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