Other forms: supervised, supervising, supervises
To supervise is to watch over people's work and keep it on track. Supervise the team, closely supervised, supervise the exam.
It implies responsibility rather than merely presence: a supervisor answers for the work. In education, to supervise a thesis is to guide a research student, which is a formal role. In law, a duty to supervise is a duty of care with real consequences when it fails. Note supervisor, supervision; and that supervising and micromanaging differ by about how often you look.
1verbsuperviseTo watch over people's work and keep it on track.
“A senior nurse supervises the new staff during their first weeks on the ward.”
supervise is an overseeing.
Also accepted in games: oversee
Medieval Latin supervidere is super, over, plus videre, to see. Supervising is overseeing, and the English word oversee is the native translation of exactly the same idea.
Latin
super
Medieval Latin
supervisus
English, today
supervise
Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. a doublet of survey.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA