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# supervising

«supervising» in Mova's school dictionary: **watching over people or an activity to make sure it is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of «supervise» (supervise, supervises, supervised, supervising); adjective (a supervising adult)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Supervising means watching over people or an activity to make sure it is done safely and correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#m1)

2) As an adjective, supervising means in charge: «the supervising teacher». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons many activities need «a supervising adult»: swimming, cooking with knives or a hot stove, science experiments, trips. At school teachers take turns supervising the playground or lunch. «Without supervision» means no adult is watching. Phrases: «adult supervision», «supervising the children», «on playground duty».

### examples

- Mr Lee is supervising the playground today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x1)
- Only use the oven with an adult supervising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x2)
- The lifeguard was supervising the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x3)
- Who is supervising the science experiment? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x4)
- She is supervising the younger children on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x5)
- The supervising teacher blew the whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x6)
- Swimming here is only allowed with adult supervision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervising/#x7)

### note

Base verb: supervise (ends in -ise, also in US spelling — not -ize). Noun: supervision; a person: supervisor. Drop the e before -ing: supervise → supervising.

### Trees and pragmatics

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