About The Word Oversee
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Oversee
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What's The Definition Of Oversee?
[v] watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oversee: manage | superintend | supervise Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | administer | administrate | build Oversee In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*see"\, v. t. [imp. {Oversaw}; p. p. {Overseen};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overseeing}.] [AS. ofers['e]on to survey, to
despise. See {Over}, and {See}.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see
after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. --Spenser.
\O`ver*see"\, v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. --Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. --Walpole. |
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