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superintend
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su·per·in·tend  (spr-n-tnd, sprn-)
tr.v. su·per·in·tend·ed, su·per·in·tend·ing, su·per·in·tends
To oversee and direct; supervise. See Synonyms at supervise.

[Late Latin superintendere : Latin super-, super- + Latin intendere, to direct one's attention to; see intend.]

super·in·tendence n.

superintend
Verb
to supervise (a person or an activity) [Latin super- above + intendere to give attention to]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.superintend - watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
administer, administrate - work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds"
build - order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"

superintend
Translations

superintend [suːpərɪnˈtɛnd] vtsupervisar
superintend [suːpərɪnˈtɛnd] vtsurveiller
superintend [suːpərɪnˈtɛnd] vtbeaufsichtigen, überwachen
superintend [suːpərɪnˈtɛnd] vtdirigere, sovraintendere

superintend
v superintend [suːpərinˈtend]
to supervise An adult should be present to superintend the children's activities. toesig hou يُراقِب، يُناظِر надзиравам vést; bdít (nad) have opsyn med beaufsichtigen επιτηρώ, επιβλέπω vigilar; supervisar juhtima, järele vaatama اداره كردن valvoa surveiller לְפָקֵח का अधीक्षण होना, अधीक्षण करना, संचालन करना, व्यवस्था करना, पर्यवेक्षण करना, निरीक्षण करना, देख-रेख करना nadzirati, nadgledati felügyel mengawasi hafa umsjón með sorvegliare, controllare 監督する ...을 감독하다, 지도하다 prižiūrėti uzraudzīt; pārraudzīt mengawasi toezicht houden ha tilsyn med, lede nadzorować orientar a supraveghea наблюдать (за кем-л.) dozerať (na) nadzorovati nadgledati övervaka ควบคุม yönetmek 監督,管理 наглядати; завідувати نگرانی کرنا trông nom, giám sát
n ˌsuperinˈtendence
He placed his estate under the superintendence of a manager. toesighouding مُراقَبَه، مُناظَرَه، إشْراف надзираване správa overopsyn die Aufsicht επίβλεψη, επιτήρηση superintendencia, dirección suprema; supervisión järelevalve رياست valvonta surveillance פִּיקוּחַ संचालन, प्रबन्ध, व्यवस्था, अधीक्षण, निगरानी, निरीक्षण nadzor, nagledanje felügyelet pengawasan umsjón, yfirsjón sovrintendenza, direzione, sorveglianza 監督 관리, 감독 priežiūra uzraudzība; pārraudzība pengawasan toezicht oppsyn, tilsyn nadzór direcção su­pra­veghere управление správa nadzorstvo nadgledanje övervakning, tillsyn, uppsikt การควบคุมดูแล yönetim 監督 нагляд; управління انتظام sự trông nom
n ˌsuperinˈtendent
1 a person who superintends something, or is in charge of an institution, building etc the superintendent of a hospital. superintendent مُراقِب، مُناظِر، مُشْرِف надзирател ředitel, -ka forstander der Vorsteher επιστάτης, επιτηρητής, επικεφαλής superintendente, director, inspector järelevalveametnik, juhataja رئيس valvoja, tarkastaja directeur/-trice שָׁרָת निरीक्षक upravitelj, predstojnik (fő)felügyelő pengawas umsjónarmaður, forstöðumaður direttore, direttrice 監督 감독자, 관리자 prižiūrėtojas, administratorius direktors; pārvaldnieks; uzraugs pengawas beheerder forstander, leder, inspektør inspektor, dyrektor director director управляющий riaditeľ, -ka; správca, -kyňa; vrchný dozorca nadzornik nadzornik uppsyningsman, inspektör, ledare, chef ผู้จัดการ; คนเฝ้าอาคาร yönetici, yönetmen 監督人,管理者 управитель; завідувач نگراں người giám sát
2 (abbreviation super; often abbreviated to Supt when written) a police officer of the rank above chief inspector. super شُرْطي فَوْق ضابِط التَّحْقيق الرَّئيسي старши полицай superintendant politikommissær der Inspektor αστυνομικός βαθμός πάνω από το γενικό επιθεωρητή comisario de policía politseikomissar افسر پليس poliisikomisario directeur/-trice (de police) סְגָן נִיצָב अधीक्षक viši policijski činovnik rendőrfőnök komisaris polisi aðstoðaryfirlögreglustjóri sovrintendente; questore 警視 총경 vyresnysis inspektorius vecākais policijas inspektors penguasa commissaris van politie visepolitimester, stasjonssjef nadinspektor comandante comisar (de poliţie) суперинтендант superintendant, inšpektor višji policijski inšpektor nadzornik biträdande poliskommissarie เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจระดับสูง komiser 警察長 старший поліцейський офіцер پولیس افسر sĩ quan cảnh sát


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