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supervise.

To oversee or direct (a task or organization).

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsuː.pə.vaɪz/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/Canada, General-American/ˈsʉː.pə.vɑez/Australia/ˈsʉː.pə.vaɪz/New-Zealand
  1. To oversee or direct (a task or organization).

    transitive
    Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
  2. To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.

    intransitive
  3. To look over so as to read; to peruse.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.

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