HOW TO PRONOUNCE
supervise
/ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/
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What does supervise mean?
verb
- To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
- To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
More meanings (1)
verb
- (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
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IPA pronunciation
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Though incapacitated for a few days, he continued to supervise at the lower terminal.
It would enable them to supervise the work of the operators more closely and from all the evidence, this seems a necessity.
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It is an excellent plan, and one which is becoming more and more popular, to have a physician supervise the care of the baby through the period of most active growth.
The result of our talk was that Mrs. Dietrick promised to select a lot for me at Wianno, where she herself lived, and even promised to supervise the building of my cottage, and to attend to all the other details connected with it.