oversee

verbB1

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verb

V_es/s

oversees

V_ing/Gerund

overseeing

V_ed/pp

oversawoverseen

1.
(literally, transitive)To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)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.
Đồng nghĩa: superintend
3.
(transitive)To inspect, examine.
Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
4.
(obsolete, transitive)To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
5.
(transitive)To observe secretly or unintentionally.

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overseer oversight overhear overlook overwatch

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Nguồn gốc từ

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