supervisory

[soo-per-vahy-zuh-ree]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having supervision.

Other Word Forms

• nonsupervisory adjective
• unsupervisory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of supervisory¹

First recorded in 1840–50; supervise + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

That’s because humans only serve in a kind of supervisory role, setting the trading parameters and then letting the algorithms do the buying and selling at computer speeds.

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The Bayern Munich supervisory board member congratulated Stuttgart for "finding an idiot who will pay that much money" and stressed "we would have certainly not done that" during an interview with Blickpunkt Sport.

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Mr Kiriyenko, President Putin's deputy chief of staff, chairs the song contest's supervisory board.

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Mr Smith and his former colleague Clyde Foreman, a former supervisory special agent, recall urging their colleagues to make the arrest once he had been identified as the main suspect.

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These include two supervisory attorneys from the Capitol Siege Section of the U.S.

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• regulatory 

When To Use

What does supervisory mean?

Supervisory is used to describe things that involve supervision, which is the act of overseeing, watching over, and providing direction for someone or something.Supervisory is an adjective form of the verb supervise, and it’s especially used in the phrases supervisory role and supervisory capacity, both of which refer to positions that involve supervision (or positions for which supervision is a responsibility).The word supervise often refers to supervising a project or people, parents supervising their children, or a manager or supervisor supervising their employees. Supervisory is most often used in the context of supervisors in the workplace or government agencies that conduct oversight.Example: I’ve been asked to come on in a supervisory capacity to oversee the project.