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What does oversee mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word oversee? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
  2. (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
  3. To inspect, examine
  4. (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
  5. To observe secretly or unintentionally.
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Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing.
A new Justice Department would be created to oversee the work of courts and sentences set.
In most cases, a censor and a chiliarch or centurion from the Imperial Guard were ordered to jointly oversee campaigns to apprehend brigands.
A lay chair would oversee the council, while a medical president would preside over the executive board.
He has agreed to oversee guest activities outdoors, but he knows he is no businessman.
He will also oversee the opening of another four shops before the end of the year.

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