oversee

UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/

verb 5

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

directly

personally

The manager personally oversaw the project to ensure everything was completed on time.

VERB + OVERSEE

be appointed to, be created to, be set up to

A new department was created to oversee safety standards across all factories.

PHRASES

be responsible for overseeing sth

The project manager is responsible for overseeing all construction work on the new building.

Definitions

verb

To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.

Based at BTP's London headquarters, Russell's team of three full-timers in the drone unit are responsible for overseeing the safety of drones in support of police officers.

To inspect, examine.

Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.

To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.

Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.

To observe secretly or unintentionally.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — watch and direct

supervise
superintend
manage

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.

Wiktionary

Based at BTP's London headquarters, Russell's team of three full-timers in the drone unit are responsible for overseeing the safety of drones in support of police officers.

Wiktionary

Treasury could also ask why High Speed 2's finances are so adrift from what was promised. The answers will make for difficult DfT reading, because it can't escape the fact that it has been the governm

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Americo Carrillo, the architect who will oversee the work, described the church as "a gem from Peru's colonial era."

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Maternity nurses, midwives and doctors oversee the birth.

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Stakeholders are discussing formation of a committee that would oversee the drafting of a constitution.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, oversee is marked as figuratively, obsolete, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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