supervise Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb watch and direct
oversee; superintend; manage.
- Who is overseeing this project?
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

Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.

imperfect & past participle Supervised ; present participle & verbal noun Supervising

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.
To look over so as to read; to peruse. Obs. Shak. Syn. -- See Superintend.