Meaning of SUPERVISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'soopur`vIz
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- [v] keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
- [v] watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
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| | Synonyms: | | manage, monitor, oversee, ride herd on, superintend |
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| | See Also: | | administer, administrate, build, observe, sleuth, snoop, spy, stag | |
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\Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to
look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre,
visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.]
1. 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.
2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: See {Superintend}.
\Su`per*vise"\, n.
Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
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