oversee
verb /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/
/ˌəʊvərˈsiː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they oversee | /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/ /ˌəʊvərˈsiː/ |
| he / she / it oversees | /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/ /ˌəʊvərˈsiːz/ |
| past simple oversaw | /ˌəʊvəˈsɔː/ /ˌəʊvərˈsɔː/ |
| past participle overseen | /ˌəʊvəˈsiːn/ /ˌəʊvərˈsiːn/ |
| -ing form overseeing | /ˌəʊvəˈsiːɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈsiːɪŋ/ |
- oversee somebody/something to watch somebody/something and make sure that a job or an activity is done correctly synonym supervise
- United Nations observers oversaw the elections.
Extra Examples- He personally oversaw the design of all the rooms.
- She will be responsible for overseeing strategic and operational plans.
- The body was set up to oversee the implementation of the peace treaty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- personally
- be appointed to
- be created to
- be set up to
- …
- be responsible for overseeing something
Word OriginOld English ofersēon ‘look at from above’ (see over- and the verb see).