Definition of oversee Oversee
/owˈvɚsiˌ/ - [owversee] - o•ver•see
We found 12 definitions of oversee from 6 different sources.
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What does oversee mean?
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| oversee - watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" | ||
| supervise, superintend, manage | ||
| administrate, administer give or apply (medications) | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oversee (v. t.)
To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook. - oversee (v. t.)
To omit or neglect seeing. - oversee (v. i.)
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oversee
To be in charge of, direct and control a work done by others.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oversee
ō-vėr-sē′, v.t. to see or look over, to superintend.—n. Oversē′er, one who oversees: a superintendent: an officer who has the care of the poor, and other duties, such as making out lists of voters, of persons who have not paid rates, &c.: one who manages a plantation of slaves: (obs.) a critic.—Overseers of the poor, officers in England who manage the poor-rate.—Be overseen (obs.), to be deceived: to be fuddled
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🔤- oversee, verb, present, 1st person singular of oversee (infinitive).
- oversee, verb (infinitive).
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