Definitions for oversee

oversee o·ver·see

Spelling: [oh-ver-see]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈsi/

Oversee is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in oversee (eeeorsv).

Definitions for oversee

verb (used with object)

  1. to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage:
  2. to see or observe secretly or unintentionally:
  3. to survey or watch, as from a higher position.
  4. to look over; examine; inspect.

Origin of oversee

before 900; Middle English overseen, Old English ofersēon. See over-, see1

Examples for oversee

Some factories do not employ Muslims on the premises who can oversee the process, Nana said.

Take charge of the marketing, or oversee the housekeeping for a year.

But there is no comparable official to oversee efforts for freeing civilian hostages.

Obamacare is just one example of the risks facing politicians who oversee major tech projects.

He had to go away one time and he hired a white man to oversee while he was gone.

We will not be able to oversee the work, that is a drawback.

It also wants an unelected royal commission be appointed to oversee and implement such measures.

Russia was considering sending a group of observers to oversee the May 11 referendum, Russian news reported on Tuesday.

He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it capitally, too.

I tried to get him to oversee the mill for me, but, after our trouble, he refused to do anything about it.

Word Value for oversee
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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