oversee
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to oversee (third-person singular simple present oversees, present participle overseeing, simple past oversaw, past participle overseen)
(transitive)
- (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
- (figuratively) 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 wellfare and look for poachers
- To observe secretly or unintentionally.
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to survey, look at something in a wide angle
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to guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
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to see secretly or unintentionally
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