supervision


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Synonyms for supervision

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Synonyms for supervision

authoritative control over the affairs of others

the function of watching, guarding, or overseeing

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Synonyms for supervision

management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

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To think that my love lay helpless there in the hands of those wretches; and to think that her lover lay helpless here in the supervision of this vile virago!
For more than a week preparations were being made, rough drafts of letters to Nicholas from all the household were written and copied out, while under the supervision of the countess and the solicitude of the count, money and all things necessary for the uniform and equipment of the newly commissioned officer were collected.
Under these melancholy circumstances, the bailiff's employer did all that could be strictly expected of him, He hired an assistant to undertake the supervision of the farm work, and he permitted Dermody to occupy his cottage for the next three months.
In this room personal difficulties that arose on the ballroom floor were settled, man to man, with the weapons of nature, under the supervision of the board.
We have no machines, no good stock, no efficient supervision; we don't even know how to keep accounts.
Now the theory of private schools is (or was) constant supervision out of school--therein differing fundamentally from that of public schools.
It may be right or wrong; but if right, this supervision surely ought to be the especial work of the head-master, the responsible person.
Razumov was finding that no way of life was possible to him, Councillor Mikulin's discreet abilities were rewarded by a very responsible post--nothing less than the direction of the general police supervision over Europe.
Razumov as a providential man, wide as poles apart from the usual type of agent for "European supervision."
Roger Chillingworth readily assented, and went on with his medical supervision of the minister; doing his best for him, in all good faith, but always quitting the patient's apartment, at the close of the professional interview, with a mysterious and puzzled smile upon his lips.
These are divided into tracts of about the same size, each tract being under the supervision of one or more government officers.
Release date- 01082019 - As part of an ongoing effort to ensure efficient operations, the OCC yesterday announced it would consolidate bank supervision support, risk analysis and oversight of trust banks and significant service providers, creating two new supervisory units.
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In a statement here, the central bank said Aznan would be responsible for the Payments Oversight, Financial Conglomerates Supervision, Banking Supervision, Insurance and Takaful Supervision as well as Risk Specialist and Technology Supervision Departments.