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- Dictionarysuperintend/ˌsuːp(ə)rɪnˈtɛnd/
verb
- 1. be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee: "he superintended a land reclamation scheme"
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to be in charge of something: Her job is to superintend the production process. Synonyms. manage. oversee. supervise. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Controlling and being in charge. aggrandize. assert your authority. assume. assumption. authoritative. cynical. get the better of someone idiom.
The meaning of SUPERINTEND is to have or exercise the charge and oversight of : direct. How to use superintend in a sentence.
Superintend definition: to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).. See examples of SUPERINTEND used in a sentence.
to be in charge of something: Her job is to superintend the production process. Synonyms. manage. oversee. supervise. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Controlling and being in charge. aggrandize. assert your authority. assume. assumption. authoritative. cynical. get the better of someone idiom.
If you superintend something, you have responsibility for ensuring that it is carried out properly. [ formal ] During the interval, Linton superintended a prize draw.
superintend something to be in charge of something and make sure that everything is working, being done, etc. as it should be synonym supervise. He superintended the building work.
tr.v. su·per·in·tend·ed, su·per·in·tend·ing, su·per·in·tends. To oversee and manage; supervise. [Late Latin superintendere : Latin super-, super- + Latin intendere, to direct one's attention to; see intend.] su′per·in·ten′dence n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
