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Meaning of Superintendence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The act of superintending; supervision.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الإشراف
日本語 宰領
Українська нагляд

Examples

“While the Supreme Being exercises a general superintendence over affairs, the real administration is in the hands of the ancestral spirits.”
“The Ashby Canal was built under the superintendence of Robert Whitworth, and the whole length was opened in May, 1805.”
“[…] then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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