"superintend" meaning in English

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      "form": "superintended",
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    "su‧per‧in‧tend"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To oversee the work of others; to supervise."
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          "roman": "nadziravam",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "надзиравам"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "kontroliram",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "контролирам"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "surveiller"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "diriger"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "aufsehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "soprintendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "meñgeru",
          "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
          "word": "меңгеру"
        }
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        "To administer the affairs of something or someone."
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      "ipa": "/ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛnd/"
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      "roman": "nadziravam",
      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "надзиравам"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kontroliram",
      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "контролирам"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "surveiller"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "diriger"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "aufsehen"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "soprintendere"
    },
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      "roman": "meñgeru",
      "sense": "to oversee the work of others",
      "word": "меңгеру"
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  "word": "superintend"
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