sentinel (redirected from sentinelled)

sen·ti·nel  (snt-nl)

n.

One that keeps guard; a sentry.

tr.v. sen·ti·neled or sen·ti·nelled, sen·ti·nel·ing or sen·ti·nel·ling, sen·ti·nels

1. To watch over as a guard.

2. To provide with a guard.

3. To post as a guard.

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[French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, probably from Old Italian sentina, vigilance, from sentire, to watch, from Latin sentre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

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sentinel [ˈsɛntɪn^əl]

n

1. a person, such as a sentry, assigned to keep guard

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a character used to indicate the beginning or end of a particular block of information

vb -nels, -nelling, -nelled (tr)

1. to guard as a sentinel

2. to post as a sentinel

3. to provide with a sentinel

[from Old French sentinelle, from Old Italian sentinella, from sentina watchfulness, from sentire to notice, from Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sentinel - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentry, spotter, watch security guard, watchman, watcher - a guard who keeps watch

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sentinel

noun guard, watch, lookout, sentry, picket, watchman a watchful sentinel

Translations

sentinel [ˈsentɪnl] N → centinela mf

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sentinel

n

→ Wache f; to stand sentinel over something (liter) → über etw (acc) → wachen or Wacht halten

(Comput) → Hinweissymbol nt

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sentinel [ˈsɛntɪnl] n (old) → sentinella

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sentinel

n sentinel [ˈsentinl]

a sentry. skildwag خَفير، حارِس караул stráž vagtpost der Wachposten φρουρός centinela valvur, tunnimees نگهبان vartiomies sentinelle זָקִיף, שוֹמֵר प्रहरी straža őrszem penjaga varðmaður sentinella 歩哨 보초, 감시인 sargybinis sargs pengawal schildwaqcht skiltvakt wartownik sentinela santinelă часовой stráž straža straža vaktpost คนเฝ้ายาม gözcü, nöbetçi 哨兵 вартовий پہرہ دار sự canh gác 哨兵