superintend
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they superintend | |
| he / she / it superintends | |
| past simple superintended | |
| past participle superintended | |
| -ing form superintending |
- superintend something
to be in charge of something and make sure that everything is working, being done, etc. as it should be 主管；监督；监管 He superintended the building work. 他监管这项建筑工程。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.