oversee
Meaning of oversee
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.
- 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.
- To observe secretly or unintentionally.
Information about oversee
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of oversee is: oversees.
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Hyphenation of oversee
over-see
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- oversee is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
oversee synonyms
Meaning supervise:
supervise, superintend, manage
Translation of oversee
- Spanish: observar, controlar, vigilar, inspeccionar, supervisar
- Italian: controllare, dirigere, sovrintendere, supervisionare
- French: encadrer, superviser
- German: beaufsichtigen
- Portuguese: supervisar
Words that rhyme with oversee
Canarsee, Parsee, parsee, Bielersee, Genfersee, Riessersee, Vierwaldsttersee, apersee, undersee, endorsee, forsee, indorsee
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