supervise

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre.

Verb [edit]

supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)

  1. (transitive) To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
    Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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French [edit]

Verb [edit]

supervise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of superviser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of superviser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of superviser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of superviser
  5. second-person singular imperative of superviser

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

supervise (infinitive supervisar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of supervisar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of supervisar.