supervise
verb (used with object)
to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
are supervising
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present progressiveof supervise.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But supervisors are barred from dating people they are supervising, according to a high-ranking police official.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Duties are neatly divided in “All the Stars,” the first single from the soundtrack that Kendrick Lamar and his label president are supervising for the Marvel movie “Black Panther.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
“Our prayers are with Pastor Tim, his family, and the doctors who are supervising his care,” Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for Cruz’s campaign, told NBC News.
From MSNBC ● Mar. 7, 2016
But as the Western Union case illustrates, the monitors themselves can be vulnerable if they clash with the companies they are supervising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2015
The boys made the plans of the three buildings and are supervising their erection, but not doing the building.
From Letters from China and Japan by John Dewey
