supervision
/ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒən/soo-pur-VIH-zhuhn
/ˌsupɚˈvɪʒən/soo-pur-VIH-zhuhn
Meaningthe act of supervising
Common meaning: overseeing people or work
- superover, above
- visto seeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1988 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘over, above’ + ‘to see’ → supervision
Journey through time
- Latinvideō, vīdī, vīsum‘to see’
- Englishsupervise‘to watch over and direct others' work’
- Englishformed in English from supervisesupervision‘overseeing people or work’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from supervise + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUPERVISE, p.612 · scan
Roots
- videō, vīdī, vīsum Latin “to see”
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