▪ observe and direct the work of (someone): "nurses were supervised by a consulting psychiatrist"
▪ keep watch over (someone) in the interest of their or others' security:"prisoners were supervised by two officers"Similarwatchoverseekeep an eye onobservemonitorinspectbe responsible forguidemind
Word Originlate 15th century (in the sense ‘survey, peruse’): from medieval Latin supervis- ‘surveyed, supervised’, from supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’.
