# supervision

Pronunciation: US say "soo-per-VIZH-uhn" /ˌsupəɹˈvɪʒən/; say "soo-puh-VIZH-uhn" UK /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, AUS /ˌsʉːpəˈvɪʒən/

## Noun

1. The act or process of watching over and directing a person, activity, or task as it is carried out.
   - Simple: Watching over people or work to make sure things are done correctly and safely.
   - _Patients starting the new medication require careful medical supervision._
   - _The contractor provided constant on-site supervision throughout the renovation._
2. Oversight exercised by someone who bears responsibility for a person, organization, or activity.
   - Simple: Being in charge of something and responsible for making sure it goes well.
   - _The agency exercises supervision over all banks operating in the state._
   - _After the scandal, the charity was placed under the supervision of an independent board._
3. A small-group tutorial session in which an individual student or a few students meet with an academic for focused teaching.
   - Simple: A small lesson at a university where a teacher meets with one student or a few students.
   - _She spent the morning preparing for her weekly supervision on medieval history at her Cambridge college._
   - _Cambridge undergraduates typically attend two or three supervisions each week during term._

## Origin

The word comes from Latin "supervisiō".

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