supervise
verb /ˈsuːpəvaɪz/
/ˈsuːpərvaɪz/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they supervise | /ˈsuːpəvaɪz/ /ˈsuːpərvaɪz/ |
| he / she / it supervises | /ˈsuːpəvaɪzɪz/ /ˈsuːpərvaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple supervised | /ˈsuːpəvaɪzd/ /ˈsuːpərvaɪzd/ |
| past participle supervised | /ˈsuːpəvaɪzd/ /ˈsuːpərvaɪzd/ |
| -ing form supervising | /ˈsuːpəvaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsuːpərvaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to be in charge of somebody/something and make sure that everything is done correctly, safely, etc.
- supervise (somebody/something) to supervise building work
- Who is supervising?
- supervise somebody doing something She supervised the children playing near the pool.
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsc1- He was directly responsible for supervising the loading of the containers.
- I will supervise the work personally.
- The pool is fully supervised by trained staff.
- a proposal for an internationally supervised ceasefire
- During the training period, new employees are closely supervised.
- The commission is charged with supervising elections.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- directly
- …
- appoint somebody to
- be responsible for supervising something
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘survey, peruse’): from medieval Latin supervis- ‘surveyed, supervised’, from supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’.