Supervise
['suːpəvaɪz;'sjuː-] or ['sʊpɚ'vaɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
(n.) Supervision; inspection.
Typist: Pierce
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Superintend.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Superintend, control, manage, direct, visit, inspect, overlook
ANT:Mismanage, miscontrol, misregulate, misdirect
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- George Stephenson and two other friends bought the place, and he took up his residence there, at Alton Grange, in order to supervise the mining operations. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He knew that he ought to have systematically worked it out and supervised it, and that he had meant to do it, and that it had never been done. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Before, and after them, I walked about--supervised, as I have mentioned, by the man with the wooden leg. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She supervised the meal officially, but implied that in her own stately person she considered lunch a weakness. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Now, the supervising dignitary, the Archbishop of Greenwich, knew this as well as if he had performed the nuptial ceremony. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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