supervises
supervises is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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
Questions about supervises
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- Supervises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supervise.
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