OVERSEE (oversaw, overseen)

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Irregular inflected forms: oversaw    , overseen   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does oversee mean? 

• OVERSEE (verb)
  The verb OVERSEE has 1 sense:

1. watch and direct

  Familiarity information: OVERSEE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERSEE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they oversee    ... he / she / it oversees   
Past simple: oversaw   
Past participle: overseen   
-ing form: overseeing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Watch and direct

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

manage; oversee; superintend; supervise

Context example:

Who is overseeing this project?

Hypernyms (to "oversee" is one way to...):

administer; administrate (work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oversee"):

build (order, supervise, or finance the construction of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

overseer (a person who directs and manages an organization)

 Context examples 

Capricorn’s link to large sums of money suggests you will be managing or overseeing budgets in conjunction with the creative work you do.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A person who plans, organizes, coordinates and oversees the overall operation of laboratory activities.

(Laboratory Director, NCI Thesaurus)

The individual assigned to be the primary care manager overseeing a patient's medical care during an episode of hospitalization.

(Attending Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus)

The prefrontal cortex area of the brain oversees important functions such as judgment, decision making, and problem solving, as well as emotional control and memory.

(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)

A person, company, institution, group, or organization that oversees or pays for a clinical trial and collects and analyzes the data.

(Clinical trial sponsor, NCI Dictionary)

The office that oversees research efforts which take place on the NIH campus.

(Intramural Research Program, NCI Thesaurus)

A researcher in a study who oversees multiple aspects of the study, such as concept development, protocol writing, protocol submission for IRB approval, participant recruitment, informed consent, data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation.

(Investigator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A proprietary information and image management system designed to oversee oncology care.

(ARIA Oncology Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

It was my task to tally the pelts as they came aboard from the boats, to oversee the skinning and afterward the cleansing of the decks and bringing things ship-shape again.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

An impartial group that oversees a clinical trial and reviews the results to see if they are acceptable.

(Data and Safety Monitoring Board, NCI Dictionary)