adult supervision

collocation in English

meaningsofadultandsupervision

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adult
adjective
uk
/ˈæd.ʌlt/us
/ˈæd.ʌlt/
grown to full size ...
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supervision
noun[U]
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of watching a person or activity and making certain that everything is done correctly, ...
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(Definition ofadultandsupervisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadult supervision

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This dimension reflected the amount ofadultsupervisionand resources that may be available for children in the community.
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The area will be underadultsupervisionat all times.
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However, children younger than 12 years old are less likely than older children to spend a great deal of time beyond the watch ofadultsupervision.
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For young children, the best safety precaution is to cross the road underadultsupervision.
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It is claimed thatadultsupervisionis neither necessary nor practical in such circumstances.
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However, the kind ofadultsupervisionthat can prevent all dangers does not exist.
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The program is presented by youth leaders underadultsupervision.
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Safety gates can never replace activeadultsupervision.
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Theadultsupervisionis meant to assist rather than lead.
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One wonders what these children were doing and how many of them could have been saved byadultsupervision.
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Some schools have already shown that safe and secure routes, withadultsupervision, can reduce unnecessary car use.
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It is not only children in care or in some form ofadultsupervisionbut all of our children who are vulnerable.
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There should beadultsupervision, in addition to the driver, on crowded routes to ensure that proper safety procedures are followed.
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Why did he turn down the proposal to make cigarette machines available only in places where there could beadultsupervision?
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Possession was also prohibited by those under 17 except underadultsupervision.
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On-duty policemen, firemen, and postmen rode free, as did children under five withadultsupervision.
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The child was playing together with his six year old brother, away fromadultsupervision.
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He was always set onadultsupervisionto stop bickering on the sandlot.
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Families must provideadultsupervisionand a high-speed internet connection.
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Adolescents tend to spend more time with their peers and have lessadultsupervision.
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I simply wish to emphasise the importance of the home in early drinking of alcohol and the extent to which home drinking is underadultsupervision.
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For example, it is not fully understood that under current law any child older than 14 may enter any part of licensed premises withoutadultsupervision.
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That is why it is important to haveadultsupervisionto ensure that young people do not have access to alcohol as and when they wish.
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She was one of 40 children who were supposed to build a functioning society among themselves, with littleadultsupervision.
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The mental states of the other siblings also gradually decline as time passes with noadultsupervision.
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