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supervise

[soo-per-vahyz]

verb (used with object), -vised, -vis·ing.

to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.

Origin:
1580–90; < Medieval Latin supervīsus (past participle of supervidēre to oversee), equivalent to super- super- + vid-, stem of vidēre to see + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s; see vision, wit²

Related forms

non·su·per·vis·ing, adjective

pre·su·per·vise, verb (used with object), -vised, -vis·ing.

qua·si-su·per·vised, adjective

un·su·per·vised, adjective

well-su·per·vised, adjective

Synonyms
manage, direct, control, guide.

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Now many companies are seeking to insure that their middle managers and the workers those managers supervise are also motivated.

Supervise the research of master's and doctoral students.

There are plans for some to remain, to supervise engineering work and prepare for future training.

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Now many companies are seeking to insure that their middle managers and the workers those managers supervise are also motivated.

Supervise the research of master's and doctoral students.

There are plans for some to remain, to supervise engineering work and prepare for future training.

Another way can follow how criticism of viewers of championships forces sports federation to supervise individual clubs.

Fifteen technicians supervise the running of the cars and worked with the drivers to hone their performance.

Pandit's closest advisers and the bank's operations chief, will now supervise the group.

Develop, implement and supervise the human performance lab.

The president wants to set up a caretaker government, tilted in his favour, to supervise the coming election.

At each location, a couple is contracted by the chain to supervise the premises.

Supervise work-study and volunteer employees in the costume shop.

The committees would then supervise the activities of the security forces in the neighbourhood.

It's best to practice at an actual range where qualified instructors can supervise and provide expert guidance.

Ability to conduct and supervise scholarly activities.

It will also supervise the system, dishing out billions of pounds.

The teacher stands in the center and is able to supervise the three sections at one time.

Supervise student teaching, internship, and research work.

There is no consensus on who should supervise the largest financial firms.

We need the right to supervise government tax collection.

The candidate should also be able to supervise a gross-anatomy cadaver lab.

But there are clearly some steps in the manufacturing process that it does not supervise so closely.

Certainly, all parents have a responsibility to supervise what their kids are playing and doing and seeing.

The government not only failed to supervise them properly.

The current system, which allows regulators to supervise hedge funds through prime brokers, is a good foundation.

Governments have expanded their ability to police and supervise their populations.

The question is how to supervise the experiments with managed care that are being carried out in various states.

The road to democracy is likely to be bumpy, especially if armed soldiers supervise the votes.

And it appoints the commission to supervise new commitments that are national prerogatives.

Unlike policemen, they are not called away to supervise a parade or protect a dignitary.

He hinted that regulators might have to supervise large hedge funds directly, rather than indirectly, through banks.

Other countries manage to gather their waste, but do not supervise its disposal.

Buyers were staying in their stores to supervise the last.

Handwashing facilities should be supplied and handwashing enforced by growers or people hired to supervise harvesting by hand.

For minimum impact on the endangered turtles, authorities supervise and limit the number of visitors each night.

Supervise student interns, participate in department and college curricular and programmatic development.

The social skills required to supervise other made him so nervous he couldn't function.

Guettel will continue to supervise the nonprofit group's special events, such as concerts and experimental musicals.

He apologized, and said he was too busy to supervise an independent study in the coming semester.

There has also been a rethink of how to supervise the whole cash-transport industry.

Budoff continued to supervise all product formulations.

The people who already supervise actual volunteers have a tough job.

He has set up an after-hours service for lower secondary schools, to supervise homework and keep kids off the.

Hinckley's movements and called on his parents to supervise him on trips.

Professors supervise students regularly, and have the authority to evaluate their intellectual progress.

When a worker is on the job, companies have every right to supervise activities closely.

And you still have to be able to supervise and work with them effectively.

The idea is to give ordinary party members genuine power to supervise decision-making and choose their representatives.

It handled his eviction from the wrong office and was present at the eviction to supervise it.

The fact that the new hire is not directly supervise by the orchestrator is lame.

The police must identify gang members, closely supervise high-risk kids and ensure that they get into after-school programs.

Being on campus is essential for people in natural sciences as they have lab experiments to run and/or to supervise.

It may or may not be desirable for mothers to remain at home to supervise their children.

But from here commanders supervise tens of thousands of sorties a year.

When time ran out, court bailiffs arrived to supervise the memorialÂ's removal.

It would also give regulators greater authority to close ailing banks and supervise foreign.

In addition to reducing red tape, deregulation can make markets easier to supervise.

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World English Dictionary

supervise (ˈsuːpəˌvaɪz)

—vb
1.	to direct or oversee the performance or operation of
2.	to watch over so as to maintain order, etc

[C16: from Medieval Latin supervidēre, from Latin super- + vidēre to see]

supervision

—n

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Word Origin & History

supervise

1588, "to look over," from M.L. supervisus, pp. of supervidere "oversee, inspect," from L. super "over" (see super-) + videre "see" (see vision). Meaning "to oversee and superintend the work or performance of others" is attested from c.1645; supervisor

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in this sense of "one who inspects and directs the work of others" is first recorded 1454.

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