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Oversee

//ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To survey, look at something in a wide angle. literally, transitive
  2. 2
    watch and direct wordnet
  3. 3
    To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group. figuratively, transitive

    "It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds."

  4. 4
    To inspect, examine. transitive

    "Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers."

  5. 5
    To fail to see; to overlook, ignore. obsolete, transitive

    "Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee."

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  1. 6
    To observe secretly or unintentionally. transitive

Etymology

From Middle English overseen, ouverseen, from Old English ofersēon (“to observe, oversee; to overlook, neglect”), equivalent to over- + see.

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