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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Huffman was also sentenced to 250 hours of community service and supervised release for one year.
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Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
All are very involved fathers, who spend most weeknights and weekends coaching kids’ sports, running to and from junior dance classes, attending middle school orchestra concerts, and supervising playdates at the nearby park.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Lana Maclin and Max Wolfond serve as producer and supervising producer, respectively, for New Metric, which is also handling international sales and began shopping the show at MIPCOM last year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
For families, spatulas show up at nearly every meal — Saturday morning pancakes, after-school quesadillas, and yes, scraping every last bit of cake batter from the bowl (an activity most kids will happily supervise).
—Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
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Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
All are very involved fathers, who spend most weeknights and weekends coaching kids’ sports, running to and from junior dance classes, attending middle school orchestra concerts, and supervising playdates at the nearby park.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Lana Maclin and Max Wolfond serve as producer and supervising producer, respectively, for New Metric, which is also handling international sales and began shopping the show at MIPCOM last year.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
For families, spatulas show up at nearly every meal — Saturday morning pancakes, after-school quesadillas, and yes, scraping every last bit of cake batter from the bowl (an activity most kids will happily supervise).
—Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Supervise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supervise. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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Etymology
from Latin supervisus, past participle of supervidēre "to oversee," from super- "over, above" and vidēre "to see" — related to vision
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