Oversees vs Supervise - What's the difference?
oversees | supervise |
(oversee)
(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
To inspect, examine
(obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
* , II.ix:
To observe secretly or unintentionally.
To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
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, title= (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
* 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
As verbs the difference between oversees and supervise
is that oversees is (oversee) while supervise is .oversees
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(head)oversee
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(transitive)- It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
- Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
- Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee .
Derived terms
* overseer * oversightSee also
* overlook * overwatchsupervise
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(supervis)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Let me supervise the canzonet.