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    SURVEIL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they surveil  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it surveils  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: surveiled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: surveiled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: surveiling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Keep under surveillanceplay

    Example:

    The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing

    Synonyms:

    follow; surveil; survey

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Verb group:

    follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

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