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1
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
- one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club
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2
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
- one of the senior editors took over supervision of the project while the editor-in-chief was on maternity leave
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of supervision was in the 15th century
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