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)
- To oversee or direct (a task or organization).
- Without someone to supervise them, the group will lack direction.
- 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
- 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)
- Done under supervision; watched.
Antonyms of supervised
Forms of supervised
| comparative | more supervised |
|---|---|
| superlative | most supervised |
Words formed from supervised
- nonsupervised
- semisupervised
- supervised injection site
- supervised learning
- supervisedly
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
Source and license
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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