oversee
Meaning
- To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
- To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
- To inspect, examine
- (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
- To observe secretly or unintentionally.
Synonyms
be attentive
be attentive to
take charge of
observe carefully
look ofter
in charge of
pay attention to
put in order
Frequency
Hyphenated as
over‧see
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/
Etymology
From Middle English overseen, ouverseen, from Old English ofersēon (“to observe, oversee; to overlook, neglect”), equivalent to over- + see.
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