verb
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verb
To watch over and direct a person, group, or task to make sure it is done properly.
Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
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superintend
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supervisedsupervisessupervising
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.
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