o|ver|see

o|ver|see
o|ver|see «OH vuhr SEE», transitive verb, -saw, -seen, -see|ing.
1. to look after and direct (work or workers); superintend; manage: »

to oversee a factory. None but a grandmother should ever oversee a child. Mothers are only fit for bearing (Rudyard Kipling).

 SYNONYM(S): supervise.
2. to overlook, as from a higher position; survey.
3. Archaic. to examine.
╂[Old English ofersēon]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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