SUPERVISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supervising mean? 

• SUPERVISING (noun)
  The noun SUPERVISING has 1 sense:

1. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

  Familiarity information: SUPERVISING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERVISING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

oversight; superintendence; supervising; supervision

Hypernyms ("supervising" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supervising"):

invigilation (keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating)

Derivation:

supervise (watch and direct)

 Context examples 

You are in line to eventually move into a highly responsible supervising role.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The physician may have the added responsibility of supervising resident physicians or medical students, and involving consulting physicians in the prescribed plan of care.

(Attending Physician, NCI Thesaurus)

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)