oversee past tense oversaw, past participle overseen
- oversee past tense oversaw, past participle overseen
- verb (T)
to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily: A team leader was appointed to oversee the project. | overseeing the workers
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oversee — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsiː] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms oversee : present tense I/you/we/they oversee he/she/it oversees present participle overseeing past tense oversaw UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsɔː] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsɔ] past participle overseen UK… … English dictionary
oversee — o|ver|see [ˌəuvəˈsi: US ˌouvər ] v past tense oversaw [ ˈso: US ˈso:] past participle overseen [ ˈsi:n] [T] to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily = ↑supervise ▪ A team leader was appointed to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
oversee — [ˌəʊvəˈsiː] (past tense oversaw [ˌəʊvəˈsɔː] ; past participle overseen [ˌəʊvəˈsiːn] ) verb [T] to watch something in order to check that it happens in the way that it should … Dictionary for writing and speaking English