Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To oversee and manage; supervise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To have charge and direction of, as of a school; direct the course and oversee the details of (some work, as the construction of a building, or movement, as of an army); regulate with authority; manage. See
supervise . - Synonyms To overlook, supervise, guide, regulate, control, conduct, administer.
- To oversee; have charge or oversight; exercise superintendence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
oversee the work of others; tosupervise . - verb To
administer theaffairs of something or someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb watch and direct
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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True, we cannot always pay that attention to former associates, which we may wish; but the little community which we superintend is quite as important an object; and certainly renders us more beneficial to the public.
The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton: A Novel Founded on Fact 1797
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Sometimes, given the region it falls to us to superintend, that is not possible.
Florence of Arabia 2004
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Sometimes, given the region it falls to us to superintend, that is not possible.
Florence of Arabia 2004
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I find out where the stories are, and advise, and, in short, superintend.
The Lilac Fairy Book 2003
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I find out where the stories are, and advise, and, in short, superintend.
The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878
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I find out where the stories are, and advise, and, in short, superintend.
The Lilac Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878
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Nonetheless, that is his basic message in this book: the U.S. and China should be friends, should superintend a benign and stable world order, cannot afford to be driven into conflict by their differences, etc. etc.
Ian Fletcher: Whitewashing Red China: A Review of Henry Kissinger's On China Ian Fletcher 2011
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Nonetheless, that is his basic message in this book: the U.S. and China should be friends, should superintend a benign and stable world order, cannot afford to be driven into conflict by their differences, etc. etc.
Ian Fletcher: Whitewashing Red China: A Review of Henry Kissinger's On China Ian Fletcher 2011
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Many are also dishonest, asserting that competition that happens to come from outside of some ultimately arbitrary geo-political border is harmful to society at large -- asserting that a policy of preventing consumers from taking advantage of the best deals that consumers find, as consumers themselves judge these deals, harms society and that permitting politicians to superintend the buying practices of consumers will somehow make things better.
Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Carlos got a plane to fly to Algeria, whose government is shown to superintend the payment of $20m of ransom money from the Saudis for Yamani's safety.
Carlos – review Peter Bradshaw 2010
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