'Supervising' definitions:
Definition of 'supervising'
(from WordNet)
noun
Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group [syn: supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight]
Definition of 'Supervising'
From: GCIDE
- Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey.]
- 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Superintend. [1913 Webster]