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SUPERINTEND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they superintend ... he / she / it superintends
Past simple: superintended
Past participle: superintended
-ing form: superintending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Watch and direct
Example:
Who is overseeing this project?
Synonyms:
manage; oversee; superintend; supervise
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "superintend" is one way to...):
administer; administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "superintend"):
build (order, supervise, or finance the construction of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
superintendence (management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group)
superintendent (a person who directs and manages an organization)
Context examples:
Edmund, between his theatrical and his real part, between Miss Crawford's claims and his own conduct, between love and consistency, was equally unobservant; and Mrs. Norris was too busy in contriving and directing the general little matters of the company, superintending their various dresses with economical expedient, for which nobody thanked her, and saving, with delighted integrity, half a crown here and there to the absent Sir Thomas, to have leisure for watching the behaviour, or guarding the happiness of his daughters.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
