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# supervision

«supervision» in Mova's school dictionary: **watching over people or work to make sure things are done…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (supervision, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Supervision is watching over people or work to make sure things are done correctly and safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#m1)

2) Under supervision means with a grown-up or a person in charge watching: "children must swim under supervision". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, many activities (cooking, using tools, swimming, science experiments) must be done under adult supervision. In jobs, a manager gives supervision to workers. Phrases: adult supervision, under supervision, without supervision, close supervision.

### examples

- Children under 8 must be under adult supervision in the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x1)
- Only use the oven under supervision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x2)
- The science experiment was done with a teacher's supervision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x3)
- The playground has supervision at lunch time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x4)
- The new worker needs close supervision for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x5)
- Never use matches without supervision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supervision/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: supervise; person: supervisor. Formal; everyday: "a grown-up watching".

### Trees and pragmatics

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