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Definition of superintend verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

superintend

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˌsupərɪnˈtɛnd//
 
superintend something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they superintend
 
he / she / it superintends
 
past simple superintended
 
-ing form superintending
 
 
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to be in charge of something and make sure that everything is working, being done, etc. as it should be synonym supervise He superintended the building work.
superintendence
 
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NAmE//ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndəns//
 
noun [uncountable] a team of volunteers under the superintendence of a trained nurse
See superintend in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary