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- Dictionarysentinel/ˈsɛntɪnl/
noun
- 1. a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch: "soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets"
- 2. an indicator of the presence of disease: "a sentinel surveillance programme for influenza"
verb
- 1. station a soldier or guard by (a place) to keep watch: "a wide course had been roped off and sentinelled with police"
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Sentinel definition: a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching. See examples of SENTINEL used in a sentence.
SENTINEL definition: 1. a person employed to guard something: 2. Sentinel is also used in the names of some newspapers…. Learn more.
noun. sen· ti· nel ˈsent-nəl. ˈsen-tə-nəl. Synonyms of sentinel. : sentry. sentinel. 2 of 2. verb. sentineled or sentinelled; sentineling or sentinelling. transitive verb. 1. : to watch over as a sentinel. 2. : to furnish with a sentinel. 3. : to post as sentinel. Synonyms. Noun. custodian. guardian. keeper. lookout.
A sentinel is a guard, a lookout, a person keeping watch. It's often a soldier, but not always. If you're watching a pot, waiting for it to boil, you're standing sentinel over it — and incidentally, it won't boil until you leave.
noun. 1. a person, such as a sentry, assigned to keep guard. 2. computing. a character used to indicate the beginning or end of a particular block of information. verb Word forms: -nels, -nelling, -nelled, US -nels, -neling, -neled (transitive) 3. to guard as a sentinel. 4. to post as a sentinel. 5. to provide with a sentinel.
Definition of sentinel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a person, such as a sentry, assigned to keep guard. 2. (Computer Science) computing a character used to indicate the beginning or end of a particular block of information. vb ( tr) , -nels, -nelling or -nelled. 3. to guard as a sentinel. 4. to post as a sentinel. 5. to provide with a sentinel.
sen•ti•nel (sen′ tn l), n., v., -neled, -nel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -nelled, -nel•ling. n. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching. Military a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack: to stand sentinel.
Sentinel definition: a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching. See examples of SENTINEL used in a sentence.
Dictionary definition of sentinel. A person or thing that stands guard or keeps watch over a particular area or object. "The sentinel stood watch at the entrance to the castle." Detailed meaning of sentinel.
