Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of watching; watchfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun British keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
watching orinvigilating .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
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Examples
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But there's something more sensuous about "invigilation," the way it rolls off the tongue, something that's diametrically opposed to the definition of the word itself.
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I have witnessed such scenes very often during the course of my invigilation duties for
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There was systematic denial of permits to use venues like Central Park, police invigilation (with special units operating outside NYC), and a lot of nasty tactics centered on harrasment and false arrest.
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During my long life of invigilation, research and investigation in several different roles, I have found that sometimes very useful information comes from the ‘dodgiest’ sources, even though it is essential to cross check with further reseach.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Final exams this week and next, and I'm down for invigilation most days.
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So, after suffering through an hour of 1st year Biology exam invigilation, I took the next "GO" bus to T.O.
Archive 2005-11-01 Carlo Artieri 2005
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This would include the processes of invigilation, monitoring, marking, reporting on irregularities and
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So, after suffering through an hour of 1st year Biology exam invigilation, I took the next "GO" bus to T.O.
Fran's: A Toronto Tradition... Carlo Artieri 2005
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- R65273,53 to the University of the North for the recovery of overpayment of invigilation fees, overpayment of salaries after resignation, double subsidies and car allowances;
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The use of students for invigilation and marking was considered totally unacceptable.
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