superintendence
superintendence noun: the act of superintending; supervision.
Noun
superintendence (countable and uncountable, plural superintendences)
- The act of superintending; supervision.
- While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits.1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 189
- The Ashby Canal was built under the superintendence of Robert Whitworth, and the whole length was opened in May, 1805.1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 5
- Synonyms:
- superintendency
superintendence meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Odia
superintendence in Tamil
- கண்காணிப்பு, மேற்காணிப்பு, பார்ப்பு
superintendence in Telugu
- superintendence
- పెద్దతనము peddatanamu
superintendence in Odia
- superintendence
- ରକ୍ଷା rakṣā
Synonyms of superintendence
Forms of superintendence
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Questions about superintendence
- What does superintendence mean?
- Superintendence means the act of superintending; supervision.
- What is superintendence in Tamil?
- Superintendence in Tamil is கண்காணிப்பு, மேற்காணிப்பு, பார்ப்பு. See Superintendence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is superintendence?
- Superintendence is a noun.
- What is the plural of superintendence?
- The plural of superintendence is superintendences.
Words near superintendence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: superintendence (page history and authors); superintendence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పెద్దతనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ରକ୍ଷା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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