Past tense of supervise
regular verb
The past tense of supervise is supervised. The past participle is also supervised.
Forms of supervise
| Base form (V1) | supervise /ˈsuː.pə.vaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | supervised |
| Past participle (V3) | supervised |
| Present participle | supervising |
| Third person singular | supervises |
Supervised in a sentence
- The knowledge worker may have a supervisor, but he or she is never supervised in the same way that a manual or process worker is supervised.2017, David I. Ben-Tovim, Process Redesign for Health Care Using Lean Thinking, →ISBN
- We propose a novel supervised learning technique for summarizing videos by automatically selecting keyframes or key subshots.2016, Ke Zhang, Wei-Lun Chao, Fei Sha, Kristen Grauman, “Video Summarization with Long Short-term Memory”, in arXiv. From the entry subshot
- “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated.2012, Elizabeth Flock, But Inside I'm Screaming. From the entry upspeak
- Head to your downstairs playroom or safe, supervised yard and let things take their kidly course.2010, Robyn Spizman, Evelyn Sacks, Eat, Nap, Play: How to Get Even More Out of Your Child's Day for Less. From the entry kidly
- Reinforcement learning can be seen as somewhere between supervised and unsupervised learning.2010, Lutz Frommberger, Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry reinforcement learning
Meaning of supervise
- verb To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
- verb To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
- verb To look over so as to read; to peruse.
Questions about the past tense of supervise
- What is the past tense of supervise?
- The past tense of supervise is supervised.
- What is the past participle of supervise?
- The past participle of supervise is supervised.
- Is supervise a regular or irregular verb?
- Supervise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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