superintendence
- noun
- /ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndəns/
- Formal
:
supervisión
- Either way, the final conclusion is the same: music is an activity under the final superintendence of the Spirit, an emanation from it.
Examples
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Germain quickly split his superintendence in two, assigning Alexander Cameron to the Choctaws and Chickasaws and Thomas Brown to work with the Creeks.
Academic text (2014) -
The project was completed successfully under the superintendence of a skilled manager who ensured that every detail was attended to.
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The Department of Superintendence recognized and gave official support to arts education as a legitimate part of the curriculum in 1927.
Academic text (1994) -
In contrast to this delegated body, any direct governance of Indian affairs by a minister abolishes independence by putting administration and superintendence in the same central power.
Academic text (2016) -
In 1927, following the performance of Maddy's National High School Orchestra at the convention of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association, the department passed a resolution that stated: "We would record our full appreciation of the fine musical programs and art exhibits in connection with this convention."
Academic text (1994) -
They do very well most of the common labor under Arab or white superintendence, and still find time to smoke and sing if they are men; to patronize beauty authorities among their neighbors for the sake of their hair and complexions, if they are women.
Academic text (2007) -
Although despotic, alien rule is legitimate because it is tutelary; it improves because it trains the subject people by the continuous and intelligent superintendence it forever lacks.
Academic text (2016) -
It derives from Czech archives, long under Stalinist and post-Stalinist superintendence in communist Prague, and hence closed to independent researchers until very recently.
Academic text (1996) -
Hamilton writes, "it is indeed evident, on the most superficial view, that there is no object, either as it respects the interest of trade or finance, that more strongly demands a Federal superintendence" (Federalist XXII).
Blog text (25) -
The new school opened after months of preparation that occurred under the superintendence of the local education authority.
Synonyms
152
4.0
Watching people or groups to make sure they follow rules
134
3.0
Watching and guiding people while they work or learn
5
3.6
Watching and guiding people as they do work
Antonyms
How Responsible
- Formal
468
2.9
115
1.9
134
3.0
152
4.0
130
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
superintendence = superintend (opaque) = super + intend + ence
The noun is a regular formation from the verb superintend with the suffix -ence, so the derivational step is straightforward.
Etymology
Superintendence comes from super- 'over' and intend 'to direct', the same root as the verb intend. So superintendence means watching over and directing people or work, in other words supervising.