Definition of oversee

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Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

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Inspector :: Inspector (n.) One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer..
Driver :: Driver (n.) An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
Floorwalker :: Floorwalker (n.) One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.
Shopwalker :: Shopwalker (n.) One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
Survened :: Surveillant (a.) Overseeing; watchful.
Graff :: Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.
Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
Inspect :: Inspect (v. t.) To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend..
Overeye :: Overeye (v. t.) To superintend; to oversee; to inspect.
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director..
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs..
Superintendence :: Superintend (v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort..
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..
Overseen :: Overseen (p. p.) of Overse.
Foreman :: Foreman (n.) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer..
Oversee :: Oversee (v. i.) To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived..
Supervisor :: Supervisor (n.) One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools..
Inspecttion :: Inspecttion (n.) The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
Supervisive :: Supervision (n.) The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
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