supervising

Definitions

The act of observing and directing the execution of a task or the activities of others.

Exercising authority over a person, group, or process to ensure work is performed correctly.

Examples

The manager is currently supervising the construction of the new office building.

She spent the entire afternoon supervising the interns as they organized the archives.

Supervising a team of researchers requires both patience and strong communication skills.

Synonyms

overseeing managing directing governing monitoring superintending administering

Antonyms

neglecting ignoring following obeying submitting serving abandoning