oversee
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/ verb C1- To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
- 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.
- To inspect, examine. · Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
- To observe secretly or unintentionally.
He/she/it oversees · Past oversaw · Past participle overseen · -ing form overseeing
Verb forms
- Base form
- oversee
- He/she/it
- oversees
- Past
- oversaw
- Past participle
- overseen
- -ing form
- overseeing
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Nobody has much of a chance to go wrong in Avonlea with Rachel to oversee them.”
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