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supervisione

supervision

noun soo-per-vee-ZYOH-neh Rare

Also means

oversight

Usage Note

Supervisione is a loanword adaptation (from English/French) fully established in administrative and professional Italian. It refers to the act of overseeing work or people: sotto la supervisione di ('under the supervision of'). The agent noun is supervisore (m) / supervisora (f). It is more formal than controllo ('check, control').

Examples

"Il lavoro è svolto sotto stretta supervisione medica."

Natural Translation

The work is carried out under strict medical supervision.

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