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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. watch and direct;
- Example: "Who is overseeing this project?"
[syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. ofers['e]on to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.] [1913 Webster] 1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook[2]. [1913 Webster] 2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook[5]. [archaic] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oversee v 1: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "oversee": administer, boss, chaperon, control, direct, handle, keep in order, manage, manipulate, operate, overlook, quarterback, ride herd on, run, stand over, superintend, supervise, survey, take care of, watch over