Oversee

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əʊvÉ™(ɹ)siː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: oversea

Origin

- + see

Full definition of oversee

Verb

1. (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
2. (figuratively) 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.
3. To inspect, examineGamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
4. (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
• Spenser Faerie Queene, II.ix:Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee,
  And turnd his face away; but she the same
  Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
5. To observe secretly or unintentionally.

Derived terms

• overseer
• oversight