supervise
/ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction."
- "Strong personal government is, I believe, the only form of government possible in Kashmir for many years to come, but it is difficult for the Maharajas to supervise the administration of the valley when they are away in their winter capital Jammu."
- "Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets."
- "While both the Northeast and the Korean Peninsula were under the jurisdiction of Ho-pei Province, a Protectorate of An-tung was established at P'ing-jang to supervise the Peninsular states and two High Commanders were stationed at You-chou and P'ing-lu[…]"
- "[…] grievability-arbitrability cases; supervises the conduct of representation elections; and holds hearings as […]"
- "I had learned a lot about supervising by observing other supervisors—the good things and the not-so-good things they did."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/
- British English: /ˈsuː.pə.vaɪz/