What does SUPERVISE mean?

Definitions for SUPERVISE
ˈsu pərˌvaɪzsu·per·vise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. oversee, supervise, superintend, manageverb

    watch and direct

    "Who is overseeing this project?"

  2. monitor, superviseverb

    keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

    "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves"

Wiktionary

  1. superviseverb

    To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge

    Without someone to supervise, the group will lack direction.

  2. Etymology: Borrowed from supervisus, from supervidere, from super + videre.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To SUPERVISEverb

    To overlook; to oversee; to intend.

    Etymology: super and visus, Latin.

    M. Bayle speaks of the vexation of the supervising of the press, in terms so feeling that they move compassion. William Congreve.

ChatGPT

  1. supervise

    To supervise means to oversee, direct, or manage a person, group, or activity. It involves observing and guiding the progress of a task or behavior to ensure that resources are used appropriately and work is conducted effectively. The term is often associated with roles like managers, team leaders, or superintendents who are in a position of authority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Superviseverb

    to oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book

  2. Superviseverb

    to look over so as to read; to peruse

  3. Supervisenoun

    supervision; inspection

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Supervise

    sū-pėr-vīz′, v.i. to oversee: to superintend.—ns. Supervī′sal, Supervi′sion, act of supervising: inspection: control; Supervī′sor, one who supervises: an overseer: an inspector: (Shak.) a spectator.—adjs. Supervī′sory, pertaining to, or having, supervision; Supervis′ūal, beyond the ordinary visual powers. [L. super, over, vidēre, visum, to see.]

Editors Contribution

  1. supervise

    Be responsible for an activity, people, duty or task.

    The classroom support role is to supervise the children.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 21, 2020  


  2. supervise

    To direct, manage or oversee.

    She did supervise the children but not for long as they were so well behaved and she knew they were safe.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SUPERVISE' in Verbs Frequency: #940

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUPERVISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUPERVISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of SUPERVISE in a Sentence

  1. Paul Fisher:

    I think the Fed can and should be ahead, in the sense of that it’s their job to supervise banks, climate change is clearly a material threat to the banks and they have to supervise that... supervisors ought be getting on with this quietly in the background. Most of the banks recognize it’s a financial risk. It shouldn’t be that controversial.

  2. Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler:

    Well, the questions we will ask Attorney General Matt Whitaker will be about Attorney General Matt Whitaker expressed hostility to the investigation, how Attorney General Matt Whitaker can possibly supervise it when Attorney General Matt Whitaker's expressed, when Attorney General Matt Whitaker's come out and said that the investigation is invalid.

  3. Emmanuel Ejim:

    Doctors are no more attending to me. The nurses only check on me whenever they please because there is no one to supervise them.

  4. Yang Huanning:

    It is necessary to have a law to regulate, guide and supervise their activities.

  5. Jerome Powell:

    My duty is one that Congress has given us, which is to use our tools to achieve maximum employment and stable prices and to supervise and regulate banks so that they treat their customers fairly and so that they're strong, well-capitalized and can perform their critical function in good times and bad, that's my job. And I think for me to get into responding to any elected official would be a distraction from that job.

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