surveillance
Meaning of surveillance
noun
- close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
he found himself put under surveillance by British military intelligence
early 19th century: from French, from sur- ‘over’ + veiller ‘watch’ (from Latin vigilare ‘keep watch’).
Information about surveillance
- It is a name.
- The plural form of surveillance is: surveillances.
- Languages in which surveillance is used:
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Hyphenation of surveillance
sur-veil-lance
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- surveillance is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
surveillance synonyms
Meaning the action or process of closely observing or monitoring something or someone:
Meaning critical observation or examination:
Meaning a small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist:
Meaning the ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place:
Meaning careful examination or scrutiny:
Meaning observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review:
Meaning the action of supervising someone or something:
Meaning the management or arrangement of an activity or organization; supervision:
Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:
Meaning the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information:
Meaning the collection of information of military or political value:
Meaning the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage:
Meaning military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features:
Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:
Meaning the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to monitor conversations secretly:
Meaning short for reconnaissance:
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