Associations to the word «Oversee»

Wiktionary

OVERSEE, verb. (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
OVERSEE, verb. (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
OVERSEE, verb. To inspect, examine
OVERSEE, verb. (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
OVERSEE, verb. To observe secretly or unintentionally.

Dictionary definition

OVERSEE, verb. Watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats