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superintendsu‧per‧in‧tend /ˌsuːpərɪnˈtend/ verb [transitive] superintendOrigin: 1600-1700 Late Latin superintendere, from Latin intendere ‘to give attention to’ VERB TABLEsuperintend |
Present | I, you, we, they | superintend | | he, she, it | superintends | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | superintended | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have superintended | | he, she, it | has superintended | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had superintended | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will superintend | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have superintended |
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Present | I | am superintending | | he, she, it | is superintending | | you, we, they | are superintending | Past | I, he, she, it | was superintending | | you, we, they | were superintending | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been superintending | | he, she, it | has been superintending | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been superintending | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be superintending | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been superintending |
- A maître chef was supposed to superintend, not do everything himself.
- Auguste went to superintend the tables in the supper room while Boris floundered around below.
- He was expected to superintend a grand banquet looking like this.
- Mrs Gordon superintended the preparation of this favorite Christmas beverage, and at last the delicious potion was ready.
- Once again, he left the pupils to superintend the luncheon and departed into the small parlour to hear their story.
- The Grand Duke and his Duchess were in the ballroom, superintending the installation of the decorations.
- Who could superintend the gun factory Whitney wanted built there?
formal to be in charge of something, and control how it is done SYN supervise—superintendence noun [uncountable] |