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SUPERVISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

Example:

the police monitor the suspect's moves

Synonyms:

monitor; supervise

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "supervise" is one way to...):

observe (watch attentively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supervise"):

sleuth; snoop; spy; stag (watch, observe, or inquire secretly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

supervision (management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group)

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Sense 2

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 "supervise" 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 "supervise"):

build (order, supervise, or finance the construction of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

supervising; supervision (management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group)

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

supervisory (of or limited to or involving supervision)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The physician may have the added responsibility of supervising resident physicians or medical students, and involving consulting physicians in the prescribed plan of care.

(Attending Physician, NCI Thesaurus)

A registered nurse with a master's degree or higher in nursing and a minimum of 500 hours of supervised clinical practice of oncology nursing.

(Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual trained and qualified to advise, administer, supervise, or perform research or other professional and scientific work in the investigation and application of the relations between space, time, matter, and energy in the areas of mechanics, sound, optics, heat, electricity, magnetism, radiation, or atomic and nuclear phenomena.

(Physicist, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a medically supervised program to help people who have: • A heart attack • Angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary heart disease • A heart valve repair or replacement • A heart transplant or a lung transplant • Angina • Heart failure

(Cardiac Rehabilitation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A courtesy title for a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.

(Bishop, NCI Thesaurus)

The Animal Barrier Shared Resource provides for acquisition and maintenance of both pathogen-free and infected laboratory animals, including immunodeficient strains, while permitting supervised access for investigators, stable husbandry conditions, and individualized daily health care for animals.

(Barrier Animal Facility Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)