different between oversite vs supervise

English

Etymology

over- +? site

Adjective

oversite (not comparable)

1. (construction) Laid over the ground

Noun

oversite (plural oversites)

1. (construction) A layer of concrete underneath the ground floor of a building, as a seal
2. (construction) An oversite slab, a slab on grade, a flat, solid layer of concrete laid over prepared ground, usually serving as a base for flooring.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.

Verb

supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)

1. (transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
   • 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 10:

     If any Man for that rea?on has an Inclination to divert him?elf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ?upervi?e almo?t all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whim?ical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a Stile, and Language, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am re?olv’d to pur?ue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Bu?ine?s.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.viz/

Verb

supervise

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of superviser
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of superviser
3. second-person singular imperative of superviser

Portuguese

Verb

supervise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of supervisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of supervisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of supervisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of supervisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supe??bise/, [su.pe????i.se]

Verb

supervise

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of supervisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of supervisar.