Sekirov Dictionary

sentinel

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.nəl/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 5

noun5

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A sentry, watch, or guard.
- the sentinels who paced the ramparts — 1849
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A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- The <xmp> tag is a sentinel that suspends web-page processing and displays the subsequent text literally
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[before a noun] A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- sentinel animals can be used to explore endemic diseases.
A sentinel crab.
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(no longer used) A private soldier.
- “I will not permit the poorest centinel to be treated with injustice.” — 1789

verb2

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To watch over as a guard.
- He sentineled the north wall.
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To post a guard for.
- He sentineled the north wall with just one man.

forms

sentineled · sentinelled · sentineling · sentinelling · sentinels

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