INVIGILATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invigilation mean? 

• INVIGILATION (noun)
  The noun INVIGILATION has 1 sense:

1. keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating

  Familiarity information: INVIGILATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVIGILATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("invigilation" is a kind of...):

oversight; superintendence; supervising; supervision (management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

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