"superintend" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛnd/ Forms: superintends [present, singular, third-person], superintending [participle, present], superintended [participle, past], superintended [past]
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-ecc|superintendō}} Ecclesiastical Latin superintendō Head templates: {{en-verb}} superintend (third-person singular simple present superintends, present participle superintending, simple past and past participle superintended)
  1. To oversee the work of others; to supervise. Translations (to oversee the work of others): надзиравам (nadziravam) (Bulgarian), контролирам (kontroliram) (Bulgarian), surveiller (French), diriger (French), aufsehen (German), soprintendere (Italian), меңгеру (meñgeru) (Kazakh)
    Sense id: en-superintend-en-verb-6E1ilhYX Disambiguation of 'to oversee the work of others': 99 1
  2. To administer the affairs of something or someone.
    Sense id: en-superintend-en-verb-dnNWf3ve Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: superintendence

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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