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Webster 1913 Edition

Supervision

Suˊper-vi′sion

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Noun.

The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supervision

SUPERVI'SION

, supervizh'on,

Noun.

[from supervise.] The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence.

Definition 2024

supervision

supervision

See also: supervisión

English

Noun

supervision ‎(plural supervisions)

The act or instance of supervising.
Under his parents' supervision he drilled the holes in the wood.
Responsible oversight.
Do not attempt this without adequate supervision.
(Britain, Cambridge University) A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group.

Related terms

supervise

Translations

the act or instance of supervising

Chinese:
Mandarin: 監督 (zh), 监督 (zh) ‎(jiāndū), 管理 (zh) ‎(guǎnlǐ), 監視 (zh), 监视 (zh) ‎(jiānshì)
Czech: dohled (cs) m
Dutch: supervisie (nl) f, toezicht (nl) n
Finnish: valvonta (fi)
French: supervision (fr) f, surveillance (fr) f
German: Aufsicht (de) f, Beaufsichtigung f
Japanese: 監督 (ja) ‎(かんとく, kantoku)

Korean: 감독 (ko) ‎(gamdok)
Kurdish:
Sorani: چاودێری (ku)
Portuguese: supervisão (pt) m
Romanian: supervizare (ro) f, supraveghere (ro) f
Russian: надзо́р (ru) m ‎(nadzór), надсмо́тр (ru) m ‎(nadsmótr), заве́дование (ru) n ‎(zavédovanije), контро́ль (ru) m ‎(kontrólʹ), управле́ние (ru) n ‎(upravlénije)
Telugu: పర్యవేక్షణ (te) ‎(paryavēkṣaṇa)

French

Noun

supervision f ‎(plural supervisions)

supervision