Definition of 'supervise'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense supervises
, present participle supervising
, past tense, past participle supervised
1. verb
2. verb
If you supervise a place where work is done, you ensure that the work there is done properly.
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supervise in British English
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Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin supervidēre, from Latin super- + vidēre to see
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supervise in American English
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsuperˌvised or ˈsuperˌvising
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supervise in American English
(ˈsuːpərˌvaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -vised, -vising
SYNONYMS manage, direct, control, guide.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
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British English: supervise
/ˈsuːpəˌvaɪz/ VERB
If you supervise an activity or a person, you make sure that the activity is done correctly or that the person is behaving correctly.
I supervise the packing of all orders.
- American English: supervise /ˈsupərvaɪz/
- Arabic: يُشْرِفُ عَلى
- Brazilian Portuguese: supervisionar
- Chinese: 指导
- Croatian: nadgledati
- Czech: dohlížet
- Danish: føre tilsyn med
- Dutch: toezicht houden op
- European Spanish: supervisar
- Finnish: valvoa jotakin tai jotakuta
- French: superviser
- German: beaufsichtigen
- Greek: εποπτέυω
- Italian: sorvegliare
- Japanese: 監督する
- Korean: 감독하다
- Norwegian: veilede
- Polish: nadzorować
- European Portuguese: supervisionar
- Romanian: a supraveghea
- Russian: следить
- Latin American Spanish: supervisar
- Swedish: övervaka
- Thai: กำกับดูแล
- Turkish: denetlemek gözetim
- Ukrainian: керувати
- Vietnamese: giám sát
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