Meaning & use
oversee
To supervise or watch over a task, project, or group of people to ensure it is done correctly.
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She was hired to oversee the construction of the new community center.
He oversees a team of twelve engineers working on the new software update.
A note on using this word
Oversee means to supervise, which is easy to confuse with the unrelated word 'overlook,' meaning to fail to notice.
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