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Supervise is to watch, direct and manage a task or someone's performance.

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When you watch a garden being planted and direct the workers on how to proceed, this is an example of when you supervise the planting.
When you have two people working under you and you are in charge of directing and evaluating them, this is an example of when you supervise.
When you babysit a child, this is an example of when you supervise the child.

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See supervise in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb supervised, supervising

to oversee, direct, or manage (work, workers, a project, etc.); superintend

Origin: < ML supervisus, pp. of supervidere < L super- (see super-) + videre, to see: see vision

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supervision noun

See supervise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es

To have the charge and direction of; superintend.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English *supervisen

Origin: , from Medieval Latin supervidēre, supervīs-

Origin: : Latin super-, super-

Origin: + Latin vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots

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