: the action, process, or occupation of supervising;
especially
: a critical watching and directing (as of activities or a course of action)
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Examples of supervision in a Sentence
Young children need constant supervision.
She's responsible for the supervision of a large staff.
Recent Examples of supervision from the Web
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Immigration authorities have partnered in the past with nonprofit groups to provide other forms of community supervision, and the compliance rates were also high.
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Taniya will need a family that can advocate for her and provide her with plenty of supervision and guidance.
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Among the allegations are racketeering, witness tampering, mail and wire fraud, assault, civil battery, negligent supervision and retention and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Gains by Democrats in the mid-terms could lead to pricklier supervision and more zealous enforcement of Dodd-Frank provisions.
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Bleker and his parents, Terry Bleker Sr. and Rebecca Hickman, contend the school district was negligent in its hiring, supervision and retention of Schwertz and are seeking unspecified damages.
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An anesthesiology trainee had inserted the tube without proper supervision, a federal health inspection later determined, and over the coming weeks, the patient developed pneumonia and sepsis related to the medical error.
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Evans signed a plea agreement in October 2016 and in November was approved for supervision by three third-party custodians.
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Instead, those responsibilities will remain with the division of supervision, enforcement and fair lending, which conducts oversight and enforcement actions in a wide range of cases of financial wrongdoing.
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First Known Use of supervision
15th century
supervision Synonyms
Synonyms
administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency;
Related Words
generalship, leadership, rulership;
aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward;
SUPERVISION Defined for English Language Learners
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: the action or process of watching and directing what someone does or how something is done : the action or process of supervising someone or something
SUPERVISION Defined for Kids
: the act of overseeing : management
- … she was a bit nervous about using the oven without any adult supervision.
- —Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator
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