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# supervise

«supervise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to watch over them and make sure they do things correctly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (supervise, supervises, supervised, supervising); nouns supervision, supervisor

### meaning for a pupil

1) To supervise people or an activity is to watch over them and make sure they do things correctly and safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#m1)

2) To supervise is to be in charge of workers or a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons children must be supervised by an adult when swimming, cooking or using tools; in school, teachers supervise playtime and exams. At work, a supervisor is in charge. Phrases: adult supervision, under supervision, supervise the children.

### examples

- A lifeguard supervises the swimmers at the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x1)
- Young children must be supervised near water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x2)
- Mrs Patel supervised our science experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x3)
- Only use the oven when an adult is supervising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x4)
- Mum supervises the builders working on our kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x5)
- The test was supervised by two teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x6)
- Architecture next engaged his attention, and in 1657 he designed a house at Viry for his brother and supervised its construction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/#x7)

### note

Spelled with -ise in both UK and US (not -ize). Noun: supervision (under adult supervision); a person who supervises is a supervisor. Similar words: watch over, oversee, look after, be in charge of.

### In the corpora

- [YouTube's own rules say children under 13 should use YouTube Kids or a supervised account.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «supervise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.