oversee
About 1.37 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
- verb 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.
- verb To inspect, examine.
Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
- verb To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
- verb To observe secretly or unintentionally.
Similar words
manage supervise superintend scrutinize examine inspect scrutinise observe controlling control
Often followed by
the and a all their its his this them
Word family
oversaw overseeing overseen oversees
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