Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act, process, or function of supervising. See Synonyms at care.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of supervising or overseeing; oversight; superintendence; direction: as, to have the supervision of a coalmine; police supervision. Synonyms See list nnder superintendence.
Wiktionary
- n. The act or instance of supervising.
- n. Responsible oversight.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
WordNet 3.0
- n. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
Etymologies
- From Latin supervisiō (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Although the recipes are simple and list few ingredients, some supervision is necessary as there are hazards in the kitchen, notably when a 425 degree oven is called for.”
“Parental supervision is lacking in so many homes and her's is no exception.”
“This may be one of the most despicable displays of the absence of supervision, especially considering that supervision is supposed to be a benefit of organized sports.”
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“Because supervision is a long-term activity, it often takes a back seat to more immediately urgent concerns.”
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“Better supervision is necessary to prevent a new cycle of leveraging and excessive risk taking.”
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“Students receive close individual supervision from a licensed psychologist on all assessment activities.”
“At least two hours of individual face-to-face supervision is provided per week.”
“Keen supervision is all you need to prevent your stuff from getting stolen.”
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“This does not mean that the supervision is limited to ascertaining whether the respondent State exercised its discretion reasonably, carefully and in good faith; what the Court has to do is to look at the interference complained of in the light of the case as a whole and determine whether it was “proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued” and whether the reasons adduced by the national authorities to justify it are “relevant and sufficient”.”
“They argue that a in isolation marketplace will never return as long as a supervision is so involved.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘supervision’.
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AFET - EU enlargement
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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ECON - economic policy instruments
Towards a European banking union and common economic policy. Terms still warm and crispy from the corridors of legislation (summer 2012).
umbrella fund, Basel I & II, financial transac..., Keynesian reflati..., Lamfalussy procedure, Lamfalussy process, Solvency I & II, Tobin tax, carousel sanctions, prudential oversight, redemption fund, bail-in and 489 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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super-, sur-
above or beyond; to a great degree; extra large; of a higher kind
superfamily, supercontinent, superstructure, superabundant, supernumerary, superfluous, superfine, surprise, supercilious, supersonic, surrender, supercede and 33 more...
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microwaveable, phenylketonurics, phenylalanine, bioplastic, compostable, biocompostable, all natural, resealable, cholesterol, organic, serving, guaranteed and 57 more...
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