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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

supervision

/ˌsupɚˈvɪʒən/

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What does supervision mean?

noun

  1. The act or instance of supervising.
  2. Responsible oversight.
  3. A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌsupɚˈvɪʒən/

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And Miss Snaith is the one who has had entire supervision of the seventeen little tots aged from two to five!
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
But it was his opinion that only ‘continual supervision could secure the householder from danger due to defects in sanitary appliances.’
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
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These are divided into tracts of about the same size, each tract being under the supervision of one or more government officers.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62
In a word, the usufructuary is under the supervision of society, submitted to the condition of labor and the law of equality.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Some half-hearted steps were early taken by the government to put both freedmen and abandoned estates under the supervision of the Treasury officials.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206