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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈsi |
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Définition of oversees
Origin :- Old English oferseon "to look down upon, keep watch over, survey, observe;" see over + see (v.). Meaning "to supervise" is attested from mid-15c. The verb lacks the double sense of similar overlook, but this emerges in the noun form oversight. Related: Oversaw; overseen.
- verb manage, supervise
- She oversees the housekeeping herself, and the cooking is perfect they say.
- Extract from : « Little Fishers: and their Nets » by Pansy
- She bids me to send you this writing, and oversees the same.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- She oversees her own kitchen, and puts on her own hand and cooks, jest when she is a mind too.
- Extract from : « Samantha at the World's Fair » by Marietta Holley
- He oversees shooting oil-wells, too, and shoots 'em himself, sometimes.
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Ambersons » by Booth Tarkington
- Dryburgh, the ruin in which is the tomb of Walter Scott, is shown by an intelligent man who oversees the place.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 » by Various
- When the garbage from each house is brought out and dumped into the street, he oversees the distribution and keeps order.
- Extract from : « The Ship Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Miss Beaufort oversees the servants, and takes my place as far as possible.
- Extract from : « Behind A Mask, Or A Woman's Power » by A. M. Barnard
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