oversee UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/ verb5 •To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds. •To survey, look at something in a wide angle. •To inspect, examine.Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers. •To observe secretly or unintentionally. •(no longer used) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee. — 1590 formsoversaw · overseen · overseeing · oversees