supervise
verb
su·per·vise
ˈsü-pər-ˌvīz 
supervised; supervising
: to be in charge of : superintend, oversee
supervise a large staff
supervised the ship's daily operations
Examples of supervise in a Sentence
The builder supervised the construction of the house.
She supervises a staff of 30 workers.
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In 2017, after accepting the offer to serve as energy secretary in the first Trump administration, Rick Perry was bewildered that the job entailed supervising the maintenance and production of the most fearsome weapons in the world.
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The idea raises questions as to what would happen to the FDIC's two vital roles in the U.S. banking system: insuring depositors' funds and supervising banks for safety and soundness.
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Leslie Simmons, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
The restoration was supervised by Ross Lipman and Jillian Borders, in consultation with Burnett.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
In 2017, after accepting the offer to serve as energy secretary in the first Trump administration, Rick Perry was bewildered that the job entailed supervising the maintenance and production of the most fearsome weapons in the world.
—Minho Kim, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
The idea raises questions as to what would happen to the FDIC's two vital roles in the U.S. banking system: insuring depositors' funds and supervising banks for safety and soundness.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supervise
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“Supervise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supervise. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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from Latin supervisus, past participle of supervidēre "to oversee," from super- "over, above" and vidēre "to see" — related to vision
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