superintendformal
The United Nations is to supervise the handover of the prisoners of war.联合国将监督战俘的移交事宜。
With 20 kids running round and only two adults to supervise, it was complete mayhem.
Foreign officials are supervising the elections.
He was employed to supervise the computerization of records.
I supervise a team of ten customer relations staff.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
get/fall into the wrong handsidiom
govern
guiding principle
paternalistically
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
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wrangler

supervise | American Dictionary

supervise
verb[ T ]
us/ˈsu·pərˌvɑɪz/
to be responsible for the good performance of an activity or job, or for the correct behavior or safety of a person:
The Red Cross supervised the distribution of food to refugees.
She supervises 75 employees in our order department.

supervision

noun[ U ]us/ˌsu·pərˈvɪʒ·ən/
City schools were placed under state supervision last week.

supervisory

adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˌsu·pərˈvɑɪ·zə·ri/
He applied for a supervisory position in the bank.

supervisor

noun[ C ]us/ˈsu·pərˌvɑɪ·zər/
a nursing/construction supervisor
I have to get off the phone – my supervisor just walked into the office.

supervise | Business English

supervise
verb[ I or T ]
 MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACEuk /ˈsuːpəvaɪz/us
to manage a department, project, etc. and make sure that things are done correctly and according to the rules:
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is responsible for supervising Britain's banking system.
Our facilities management team supervises work at the construction site on a daily basis.
A $650,000 fine was imposed against the Minneapolis-based company for failure to supervise its brokers.
The role of any President is to supervise.
supervise workers/employees/staffCompanies should provide special training for managers who supervise remote workers.
supervise a project/program/operationsAs chief of staff, he supervised the operations of the California Department of Justice.
be supervised by sb/sthAll fund operations are supervised by a board of trustees.
adequately/properly/reasonably superviseIt is the responsibility of the general contractor to properly supervise the work of all subcontractors.

Examples of supervise

supervise
The culture of medical education requires that physicians in training defer to supervising physician on a variety of issues, including clinical judgment and ethical standards.
They were either elected or selected by the water users to supervise all activities concerning irrigation and to enforce rules.
Thus, exercises follow a simple question and answer scheme with adults taking the position of a teacher supervising the 'work' done by the child.
The rest (17.9 per cent) are supervised by non-civil affairs agencies, mainly enterprises, public service units and social organisations.
This was followed by at least ten practice interviews that were closely monitored and supervised by the staff of the study.
This notion includes many regressions, polynomial fitting and supervised learning problems.
Similarly, the instrumental and vocal teachers articulated unease about comprehending children and supervising groups.
Perhaps visits should be supervised, though how and by whom is a difficult question.
The clinics were staffed by nurses and voluntary workers, and supervised by a public health nurse.
She also continued to mentor, supervise and support a large number of nurse researchers.
Ensure that all personnel, including nonphysician providers and technicians, are adequately supervised and have the competence and qualifications to work in a telemedicine system.
In particular the state must not supervise and control the interaction.
They both improved the operation of the system (by supervising water delivery more intensively and using new techniques) and increased canal maintenance.
Thus, perceptual information must also flow to high level modules where plans are made and supervised.
Afterwards, she aimed to maintain a balance between trying to enrol new clients and supervising those couples already registered with her.
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