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supervise

/ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/

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What does supervise mean?

verb

  1. To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
  2. To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/

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Though incapacitated for a few days, he continued to supervise at the lower terminal.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
It would enable them to supervise the work of the operators more closely and from all the evidence, this seems a necessity.
Lawrence BeesleyThe Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its LessonsProject Gutenberg ebook #6675
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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.
J. Morris (Josiah Morris) SlemonsThe Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During PregnancyProject Gutenberg ebook #7129
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.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354