See supervise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "irányít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "ellenőriz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "supervisar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "supervisionar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "superviza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavédovatʹ",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "заве́довать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "supervisar"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paryavēkṣiñcu",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "పర్యవేక్షించు"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "cai cuổn"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nahljadaty",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "наглядати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "cai quản"
},
{
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "to oversee or direct",
"word": "saib"
}
],
"word": "supervise"
}
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