# supervise

Pronunciation: US say "SOO-pur-vyz" /ˈsu.pɚˌvaɪz/; say "SOO-puh-vyz" UK /ˈsuː.pə.vaɪz/, AUS /ˈsʉː.pə.vɑez/

## Verb

1. To oversee or direct a task, project, or organization, making sure it runs properly.
   - Simple: To watch over a task or group of people and make sure the work is done well.
   - _She supervises the construction crew on the downtown project._
   - _Senior nurses supervise the ward during the night shift._

## Verb

2. To look over a written text in order to read it; to peruse. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To look closely over written words in order to read them.

## Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, formed from Latin super ('over') and videre ('to see'). It is a doublet of survey.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/supervise (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).