superintend
Watch over operations
To superintend is to oversee and direct, especially with authority over operations or workers.
The word suggests active management rather than passive observation: She superintended the construction of the new library.
A superintendent is one who superintends—a building manager, school administrator, or police official.
Direct or handle successfully
- organizePut into systematic order
- implementTool or enact
- executeCarry out fully
- operateControl or perform surgery
handle · govern · regulate · facilitate · maintain · run · arrange · deploy
Control by rules
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- enforceCompel obedience to
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- modulateVary pitch or intensity
adjust · calibrate · balance · check · constrain · discipline · order · standards
Dense metal, symbol Pb
- guideLeader or instruction book
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- conductManner of behaving
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
coordinate · spearhead · helm · pilot · shepherd · navigate · mastermind · head
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
scrutiny · observation · inspection · guardianship · stewardship · custodianship · audit · review
manage
Direct or handle successfully
operate · handle · govern · regulate · facilitate · maintain · run · arrange · deploy · systematize
regulate
Control by rules
modulate · adjust · calibrate · balance · check · constrain · discipline · order · standards · compliance
lead
Dense metal, symbol Pb
orchestrate · coordinate · spearhead · helm · pilot · shepherd · navigate · mastermind · head · captain
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
vigilance · scrutiny · observation · inspection · guardianship · stewardship · custodianship · audit · review · verification
superintendobey
Follow commands given
follow · take orders · report to · answer to
- school superintendentLeader of local education system
- building superintendentProperty's live-in caretaker
- sidewalk superintendentCasual construction observer
- district superintendentChief of regional schools
- chief superintendentSenior police rank
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