supervising

verb

present participle of supervise
1
as in overseeing
to be in charge of for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman

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2
as in managing
to look after and make decisions about supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp

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3
as in watching
to take charge of especially on behalf of another we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital

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Recent Examples of supervising His daughter gradually took over supervising much of the team's management and became CEO in August 1998 after her father was elected commissioner. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Children under 12 must be accompanied by a supervising companion who is at least 14 years old. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Leadership must move from supervising activity to empowering execution. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 For ShadowMachine, Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico serve as executive producers, and Musa Brooker serves as supervising director. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 To that end, Gershin added more backgrounds and foley, adding detail and supervising a pass in Dolby Atmos, all along being careful not to betray the intentions of the original work. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Staff trained here will essentially build careers investigating misconduct, enforcing military regulations, and supervising officers. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Under the agreement, Carpentersville is responsible for supervising detainees, medical care, medical transportation and other expenses but won’t be charged for using the East Dundee jail. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervising
  1. overseeing
  2. managing
  3. watching
  4. handling
  5. operating
  6. attending
  7. controlling
  8. regulating
Verb
  • Bass has been forcing Raman to explain her own role in overseeing the city’s troubled homelessness response.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In 2015, Tan-Gillespie joined KFC South Pacific, overseeing marketing in Australia and New Zealand.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of overseeing
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  • By contrast, recent restrictions or delays suggest a greater emphasis on managing relations with Beijing and avoiding unnecessary escalation.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • My experience includes managing campaigns, leading teams, and building relationships with community leaders.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • Jack Rollins, the producing titan who managed Mike Nichols, Elaine May and Woody Allen, imparted some wisdom after watching Crystal’s act.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The third-quarter earnings season is gaining momentum, with investors closely watching corporate outlooks amid rising costs and uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence spending.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of watching
Verb
  • Employee in cafe area wearing wrist jewelry while handling food.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • One, published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, described a chef who may have contracted psittacosis through handling poultry.
    — Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of handling
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  • The test took place aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific Ocean.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The model allows brands to reach customers across cities and markets without bearing the full cost of operating their own stores.
    — Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of operating
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  • According to reporting by Semafor on Monday, the decision came after Wall Street executives privately raised safety concerns about attending the event with the event’s organizers, including Saudi sovereign fund PIF’s governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In an exclusive interview with People published Wednesday, Schumer recalled attending an impromptu wedding celebration after discovering a ceremony taking place on the beach near her family's accommodations.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of attending
Verb
  • The Houthis ramped up their advance on Taiz last month, after a lightning-fast capture of the port city of Mokha, an area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away that is vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But Meta’s new SEC filing that posted this week shows that’s in part because of the key difference between owning a company and controlling it.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of controlling
Verb
  • In the absence of a federal law regulating them, the responsibility falls to local governments, said Ridout, who estimates that about 30 states have some type of rule or requirement regarding AI in political campaigns.
    — Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The agency charged with regulating Colorado’s first-in-the-nation legal recreational marijuana market potentially put consumers at risk of using contaminated products, a new state audit found.
    — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulating

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“Supervising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervising. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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