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How to pronounce superintend in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms manage, oversee, supervise
Type of administer, administrate
Has types build
Derivation superintendence, superintendent

Examples of superintend

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Sometimes, given the region it falls to us to superintend, that is not possible.
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In 1758, he was sent to superintend mercury mining operations in Huancavelica.
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Later, Karl Langenbeck, formerly of the Rookwood Pottery, would superintend design.
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For example, a skilled artisan might be chosen to superintend a workshop.
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Handel arrived in Dublin in 1742 to superintend the first performance of his famous oratorio.
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Carvalho, the winemaker, was hired to superintend the project.
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Very sorrowfully Morrison had to superintend the interment of the little one on a mountainside.
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To the commission chosen to superintend the sacrifices.
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It is a duty of the Secretary of State to superintend them and so far he has failed to abide by Parliament's law.
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More examples
  • Oversee: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
  • To oversee the work of others; to supervise; To administer the affairs of something or someone
  • Oversee, supervise. "He just likes to superintend everything."
  • Plan, organize and control a function to achieve an objective by leading and directing subordinates without giving detailed supervision. (see MANAGEMENT and SUPERVISE)