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supervised

supervised is the past participle of supervise.

Meaning of supervise

Verb

supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)

  1. (transitive) To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
    • Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
  2. (intransitive) To oversee a task, organization, etc.; to provide supervision; to act as a supervisor.
    • Under the Medicare Benefits Schedule, doctors can’t claim payment from the government for a Covid-19 vaccination provided in their clinic by a nurse, unless a GP is on the premises to supervise.2022 August 1, Melissa Davey, “NSW town’s pop-up Covid vaccine clinic almost called off because of ‘ridiculous’ Medicare rule”, in The Guardian
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
    • Let me supervise the canzonet.1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, IV. ii. 120

Adjective

supervised (comparative more supervised, superlative most supervised)

  1. Done under supervision; watched.

Antonyms of supervised

Forms of supervised

comparativemore supervised
superlativemost supervised

Words formed from supervised

Phrases with supervised

Questions about supervised

What does supervised mean?
Supervised means done under supervision; watched.
What is supervised the past participle of?
Supervised is the past participle of supervise.
What part of speech is supervised?
Supervised is an adjective.

Words near supervised in the dictionary

  1. superviruses
  2. supervisable
  3. supervisal
  4. supervisals
  5. supervise
  6. supervised
  7. supervised injection site
  8. supervised injection sites
  9. supervisedly
  10. supervisee
  11. supervisees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supervised (page history and authors); supervise (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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