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• At the monastery, Brother Stephen supervises the kitchen.From the entry brother
• At the convent, Sister Grace supervises the kitchen.From the entry sister
• The supervising teacher's stern expression at the front of the drab study hall left little doubt that no nonsense would be tolerated there.From the entry study hall
• Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125. From the entry dancehall
• 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
• Officials in the city of Yueqing in Zhejiang Province, which supervises Mr.2010 December 28, Xiyun Yang, Edward Wong, “Suspicious Death Ignites Fury in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry Yueqing
• When a Keres dies, a priesthood supervises the burial, not the clan.2007, Jay Miller, Keresan Pueblos and Chaco Canyon Speculations on Language Identity, Puebloan Cultures, and Southwestern Prehistory…. From the entry Keres
• Firing time is usually quite short and the pots are carefully supervised through the process.2004, Moira Vincentelli, Women Potters: Transforming Traditions, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry bonfiring
• It involves taking on the additional metatask of supervising the execution of group activities.1993, Stephen Worchel, Jeffry A. Simpson, Conflict between people and groups: causes, processes, and resolutions. From the entry metatask
• Prime Minister Yu Kuo-hwa went to the mine, near Juifang, to supervise rescue efforts.1984 July 11, “133 TAIWAN MINERS ARE TRAPPED BY FIRE DEEP INSIDE TUNNEL”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry Juifang
• The hatch foreman or gang boss supervises the longshore gang and directs their loading and discharge efforts.1956, Maritime Cargo Transportation Conference (U.S.), “The Longshore Industry and Its Hazards”, in Longshore Safety Survey: A Survey of…. From the entry stevedore
• Supervising the work of this branch is Agent Sherman Bates assisted by Mrs.1953 March, “Annual Report of Animal Service: February 1, 1952—January 31, 1953”, in Carlton E. Buttrick, editor, Our Fourfooted Friends…. From the entry Elizabetha
• Tsai boarded the Kee Lung destroyer to supervise as troops practised defending against an attack on the northeastern port of Suao.2018 April 13, “Taiwan president watches naval drill as China tensions grow”, in France 24, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020. From the entry Suao
• At 22, she married a man she had met on one supervised 10-minute date, which is called a bashow.2013 November 29, Debra Nussbaum Cohen, “Off-road Jews: A Helping Hand for Those Who Stray From the ultra-Orthodox Path”, in Haaretz…. From the entry bashow
• He left to supervise the repainting of the Flying Fortress.2012, Stuart Slade, A Mighty Endeavor, page 81. From the entry sand and spinach
• Supervised drinking or “water parades” can help ensure this.2010, Workplace Safety, Health Council, “Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines: Managing Heat Stress in the Workplace”, in (Please…. From the entry water parade
• According to authors of the late Republic, the fetials supervised Roman adherence to the iura belli, the laws of war.2008, Clifford Ando, “Religion and Imperialism at Rome”, in The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire (The Transformation of…. From the entry fetial
• It was spent supervising sandcastles and shell collections, soggy towels and gritty kids, with hardly a minute to ourselves for sunbaking.2006, Sharyn Munro, The Woman on the Mountain, ReadHowYouWant, published 2010, page 249. From the entry sunbake
• “So I can supervise your choice of datewear.2000, Patty Rice, “Phase 3”, in Somethin' Extra, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry datewear
• ON the Friday before an international these days, most rugby teams have a light training session supervised by the captain.1999 October 23, John Hopkins, “Australia dismiss Henry's praise”, in The Times, number 66653, London, page 39. From the entry captain's run
• Wu P'ei-fu was personally supervising this important battle.1993, Jennie Ch'en Chieh-ju, edited by Lloyd E. Eastman, Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Past, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 209. From the entry Hsien-ning
• My job description required that I ‘co-ordinate the women’s work in the centres’ and ‘supervise the animatrices working there’.1983, Wout van den Bor, editor, The Art of Beginning: First Experiences and Problems of Western Expatriates in Developing Countries with…. From the entry animatrice
• The workers were being supervised by an Attila the Hun.1982, Paul L. Brown, Managing Behavior on the Job, page 84. From the entry Attila the Hun
• Bud Brown said something to the checker he was supervising; she had been craning around to see what was happening.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press. From the entry checker
• The train’s restoration was supervised by George Powell of TA’s Coney Island shop, who posed with the fraeuleins for this photograph.1964, Bulletin, National Railway Historical Society, page 29. From the entry fraeulein
• Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209. From the entry deity
• The Coast Guard assisted by supervising the rockdumping and by securing lines to the barges to stabilize the dump.1961, SFI Bulletin, numbers 121-140, Sport Fishing Institute, page 10. From the entry rockdumping
• The Paraguayan Government took over responsibility for the working on August 1, and appointed an interventor supervising operation.1959 November, “Notes and News: The Paraguay Central Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 804. From the entry Paraguayan
• That the santri live in a boarding school where they are being supervised around the clock enhances the power of the kyai.2012, Charlene Tan, Islamic Education and Indoctrination: The Case in Indonesia, page 56. From the entry kyai
• Kelly and John were dirtside, keeping an eye on Boris and the auctioneer, and Captain Gus was topside, supervising loading of supplies.2006, Christopher Gerrib, The Mars Run. From the entry dirtside
• If you look very closely in Monday's letters page, I'm supervising those non-plagiarising students sitting for their exam in Chatswood High's hall.2005 August 30, Bob Selinger, “Racist slurs unacceptable in any context”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry high
• On the practice field, the weaponsmasters supervised recurrent training of men returning to service after the hiatus of spring plowing and planting.1996, Ann Marston, The Western King (The Rune Blade Trilogy; second book), HarperPrism, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry weaponsmaster
• In the gubernii, governors served as the highest administrative authority and together with their executive organs supervised the work of provincial-level departments.1995, Robert E[dward] Blobaum, “Russian State, Polish Society”, in Rewolucja: Russian Poland, 1904–1907, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University…. From the entry gubernia

Meaning of supervise

1. verb To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
2. verb To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
3. verb To look over so as to read; to peruse.

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Questions about supervise in a sentence

How do you use supervise in a sentence?

Supervise is used as a verb. For example: “Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.”

What is a short sentence with supervise?

“At the convent, Sister Grace supervises the kitchen.”

What does supervise mean?

Supervise means to oversee or direct (a task or organization).