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supervising

supervising is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about supervising

What is supervising the present participle and gerund of?
Supervising is the present participle and gerund of supervise.

Words near supervising in the dictionary

  1. supervised injection sites
  2. supervisedly
  3. supervisee
  4. supervisees
  5. supervises
  6. supervising
  7. supervision
  8. supervisionist
  9. supervisionists
  10. supervisions
  11. supervisive

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