supervise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb watch and direct
    oversee; superintend; manage.
    • Who is overseeing this project?
  2. verb keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
    monitor.
    • we are monitoring the air quality
    • the police monitor the suspect's moves

WordNet


Su`per*vise" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Supervised ; present participle & verbal noun Supervising
Definitions
  1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
  2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. Obs. Shak. Syn. -- See Superintend.
Su`per*vise" noun
Definitions
  1. Supervision; inspection. Obs.

Webster 1913