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    [Verb]  | "su*per*vise" | \ ˈsü-pər-ˌvīz \


    1: to be in charge of : superintend, oversee


    Origin: circa 1645 ;

     Medieval Latin supervisus, past participle of supervidēre, from Latin super- + vidēre to see: ;

    [Verb]  | "supervises" 


    1: to be in charge of;


      * e.g., " ... for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman "



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    2: to look after and make decisions about;


      * e.g., " ... supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp "



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    3: to take charge of especially on behalf of another;


      * e.g., " ... we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital "



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    [Verb]  | "supervise" 


    1: to be in charge of;


      * e.g., " ... for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman "



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    2: to look after and make decisions about;


      * e.g., " ... supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp "



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    3: to take charge of especially on behalf of another;


      * e.g., " ... we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital "



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     [ "Child Supervision" ]

    1: When an older person, especially a parent, needs a tech-savvy kid to help him/her with computers or other electronic devices.

      * e.g.,  ... "Jimmy, could you send your kid over to help me with my facebook? Im afraid I might get a virus without some child supervision." "Dad, if you dont know how many o's are in Google, why dont you just ask for some child supervision?" 

     [ "Mall supervision" ]

    1: Something the people born in the 80's having the rules/laws made never had to go through, and a double standard they would never tell anybody about.

      * e.g.,  ... People born in the 80's didn't have mall supervision going to a mall at any time of the day, including at night. They didn't have to have another adult or even another person to be with them, even if they weren't working (going to a movie or shopping). Teenagers seem willing to put up with a lot more bullshit these days than they were back in the early 2000's, they do just about anything that anybody tells them to because they seem to think it's right to be obedient under any circumstances, even if what the people making rules/laws is doing is wrong. 

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