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oversee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb oversee has 1 sense
- oversee(v = verb.social) manage, superintend, supervise - watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" is one way to administer, administrate
Derived form noun overseer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}. [1913 Webster]
- To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear. [PJC]
oversee, v. i.
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [1913 Webster]
"The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee."
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"Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
oversee, v.tr. (-sees; past -saw; past part. -seen) officially supervise (workers, work, etc.).
Etymology
OE oferseon look at from above (as OVER-, SEE(1))
THESAURUS
oversee
administer, boss, chaperon, control, direct, handle, keep in order, manage, manipulate, operate, overlook, quarterback, ride herd on, run, stand over, superintend, supervise, survey, take care of, watch over
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