surveillance
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close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)types:gardea purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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the duty of serving as a sentrysynonyms: garde, sentinelle, service de gardetype of:missiona duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
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the activity of protecting something from loss or dangertypes:conservation, maintien, protection de la naturethe preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resourcestype of:
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the act of making and recording a measurementsynonyms: observationtype of:mesurethe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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