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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Joly, however, argued through his lawyer that the court should impose a sentence of roughly 25 years and 8 months in prison, along with 60 months supervised release — concurrent to the sentence imposed in the firearms’ conspiracy case.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
The Mitford girls were prohibited from attending school—they were meant to be sparkling society wives, and so were given lessons at home, supervised by a collection of insufferable governesses.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The ruling will likely affect scores of active federal criminal cases in New Jersey, forcing the Justice Department to find a new prosecutor to supervise those cases.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Authorities on Friday arrested seven men and one woman, ranging in age from 40 to 63, including scaffolding subcontractors, directors of an engineering consultant company and project managers supervising the renovation, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said in a statement.
—David Rising, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
The Mitford girls were prohibited from attending school—they were meant to be sparkling society wives, and so were given lessons at home, supervised by a collection of insufferable governesses.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The ruling will likely affect scores of active federal criminal cases in New Jersey, forcing the Justice Department to find a new prosecutor to supervise those cases.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Authorities on Friday arrested seven men and one woman, ranging in age from 40 to 63, including scaffolding subcontractors, directors of an engineering consultant company and project managers supervising the renovation, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said in a statement.
—David Rising, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Supervise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supervise. Accessed 8 Dec. 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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