Supervision

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  • noun. The act, process, or function of supervising. synonym: care.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of supervising or overseeing; oversight; superintendence; direction: as, to have the supervision of a coalmine; police supervision.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or instance of supervising.
  • noun. Responsible oversight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
  • Word Usage
    "Although the recipes are simple and list few ingredients, some supervision is necessary as there are hazards in the kitchen, notably when a 425 degree oven is called for."
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