word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/supervise.json

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{
    "term": "supervise",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "supervise",
            "heSheIt": "supervises"
        },
        "pastSimple": "supervised",
        "pastParticiple": "supervised",
        "ingForm": "supervising"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in charge of somebody/something and make sure that everything is done correctly, safely, etc.",
            "sensetop": "supervise (somebody/something)supervise somebody doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to supervise building work",
                    "contextForm": "supervise (somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is supervising?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She supervised the children playing near the pool.",
                    "contextForm": "supervise somebody doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was directly responsible for supervising the loading of the containers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will supervise the work personally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pool is fully supervised by trained staff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a proposal for an internationally supervised ceasefire"
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the training period, new employees are closely supervised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The commission is charged with supervising elections."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "directly"],
                "verb + supervise": ["appoint somebody to"],
                "phrases": ["be responsible for supervising something"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpəvaɪz/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervise__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpəvaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervises__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpəvaɪzd/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervised__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpəvaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervising__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpərvaɪz/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervise__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpərvaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervises__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpərvaɪzd/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervised__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsuːpərvaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/supervise/supervising__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘survey, peruse’): from medieval Latin supervis- ‘surveyed, supervised’, from supervidere, from super- ‘over’ + videre ‘to see’."
}