sentinel Definition
sen·ti·nel (sent′'n əl)
noun
a person or animal set to guard a group; specif., a sentry
Etymology: Fr sentinelle < It sentinella, ult. < L sentire, to feel, sense
transitive verb -·neled or -·nelled, -·nel·ing or -·nel·ling
- to guard or watch over as a sentinel
- to furnish or protect with a sentinel
- to post as a sentinel
sentinel Synonyms
sentinel Usage Examples
Object
biopsy: Women were randomized to undergo either axillary lymph node dissection ( ALND ) or sentinel lymph node biopsy ( SLNB ).
Converse of object
- stand: A large stone cairn stands sentinel in Renfrew road, Paisley.
- place: He took up his own quarters in the town, and placed a sentinel there also.
- have: Hath sentinel of old Cromwell E'er watch'd thine ancient hall?
Preposition: at
door: I was gazing on them when of a sudden the sentinel at the door of the pit called out " Dios!
Converse of subject
guard: This awful abyss is bridged by a rope, and guarded by seal sentinels.
Adjective modifier
- solitary: Afterward he ventured out upon the little hanging gallery with the solitary sentinel.
- future: Arithmetic manipulation of past or future sentinels will not change their values, nor cause any error.
- user-defined: RWDateTime currently provides four internal, pre-defined sentinels and can accommodate up to 128 user-defined sentinels.
- giant: A quarter mile away, dimly lit, the huge modern grandstand crouched like a giant sentinel, commanding a view of miles.
Modifies a noun
- lymph: During your surgery the sentinel lymph node or nodes will be removed.
- biopsy: Why should I consider a sentinel lymph node biopsy?
- node: During your surgery the sentinel lymph node or nodes will be removed.
- surveillance: Contacts had been made with PHLS about collaboration in a sentinel surveillance scheme.
- poetry: The sentinel poetry movement is ' moving ' to new levels.
- audit: To identify changes in stroke service organization and quality of care for stroke patients since the 2004 national sentinel audit.
Noun used with modifier
- standing: There is also a good view up the cleave with Fur tor standing sentinel on the far horizon.
- palace: Chance at the included a driver palace sentinel is pretty much all.
- stand: Crystal clear burns tumble through Caledonian pine forests where ancient Scots pines, withered over three or more centuries, stand sentinel.
- journal: Portfolio is dominated the policeman journal sentinel reporter over a long.
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