superintend /soo- or sū-pər-in-tendˈ/ transitive verb- To supervise
- To exercise supervision over
- To control or manage
ORIGIN: Church L superintendēre; see super- (1) and intend superintenˈdency noun - The office or district of a superintendent
- The act or process of superintending (also superintendˈence)
superintenˈdent noun - A person who superintends
- A police officer above a chief inspector
- The head of a police department (US)
- An overseer
- The head of a Sunday school
- (in some Protestant churches) a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district
- (in the RSPCA) a rank between commander and chief inspector
- The administrator of a local school system (US)
- The caretaker of a building (N American)
adjective Superintending superintenˈdentship noun superintendˈing adjective |