supervise
verb (used with object)
to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
was supervising
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past progressiveof supervise.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A source in the Trikala prosecutor's office said the department was supervising the investigation.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Instead he was introduced by board member John M. Barger, a Southern California investment executive who was supervising the postmaster search.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
She took him into private areas of the prison and claimed she was supervising him, West Midlands Police said.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Fight director Yoshi Amao was supervising a run-through of this sequence at Signature Theatre one afternoon before the company’s current production opened.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
Tane was supervising the crates of supplies being hoisted on board.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
