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# superintend

verb (superintends, superintended, superintending)

«superintend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To superintend is to watch over and manage a job or people, making sure it is done properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superintend/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a mother runs the household, or a guide oversees the work

### Examples

- The mother superintended the household. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superintend/#x1)
- Mr Brown superintended the building work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superintend/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «superintend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superintend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«superintend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/superintend.html) on Mova free.