From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoverseeo‧ver‧see /ˌəʊvəˈsiː $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense oversaw /-ˈsɔː $ -ˈsɒː/, past participle overseen /-ˈsiːn/) [transitive] IN CHARGE OFto be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily SYN supervise A team leader was appointed to oversee the project.→ See Verb table
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oversee• Schultz oversees 61 workers and a $5.9 million budget.• One criticism leveled at Thornton was she had no experience overseeing a housing authority.• He can make sure that the campaign office, which he oversees, and the White House are in step.• Mr. Somers oversaw construction of the water treatment plant.• DeConcini also chaired the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing Customs' budget.• He will appoint a five-member board that serves at his pleasure to oversee development of the island for city use.• Team leaders and project managers oversee groups of programming staff.• For more than two years, he was chairman of the Czechoslovak parliament, overseeing the slow and often painful march to democracy.• Eizenstat oversaw the talks from the White House, to keep them moving.• Administrators oversee the testing of students, to place them in the appropriate classes.• The Air Force sent an AWACs command-and-control aircraft just to oversee their flights.From Longman Business Dictionaryoverseeo‧ver‧see /ˌəʊvəˈsiːˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense oversaw /-ˈsɔː-ˈsɒː/, past participle overseen /-ˈsiːn/) [transitive]1to organize and control an activity or the work that people or an organization doSYNMANAGEA team leader was appointed to oversee the project.2FINANCE to be responsible for making investmentsHe oversaw $80 billion in assets in his previous post.3LAWto check that an activity is being performed honestly and legallySYNREGULATEThe government set up a state watchdog to oversee the country’s alcohol production.→ See Verb table 