oversee

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˌəʊ̯.vəˈsiː]
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌoʊ̯.vɚˈsi]
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• Australian: /ˌəʉ.vəˈsiː/
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• Australian: [ˌəʉ̯.vəˈsiː]
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• Australian: [ˌɐʉ̯.vəˈsiː] some speakers
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• New-Zealand: /ˌɐʉ.vəˈsiː/
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• New-Zealand: [ˌɐʉ̯.vəˈsiː]
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• rhymes with -iː
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• homophone: oversea
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 S IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English overseen, ouverseen, from Old English ofersēon (“to observe, oversee; to overlook, neglect”), equivalent to over- + see.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: преглеждам (pregleždam) — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 調查 /调查 (diàochá) — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Dutch: overzien — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Dutch: overschouwen — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Finnish: katsoa — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Finnish: valvoa — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• German: überblicken — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Italian: sondare — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Polish: przeglądać — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Polish: przejrzeć — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Portuguese: sondar — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Russian: обозревать (obozrevatʹ) — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Turkish: bakmak — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Turkish: gözetmek — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Turkish: izlemek — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Turkish: gözetim altında tutmak — to survey, look at something in a wide angle
• Albanian: mbikëqyr — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Arabic: أَشْرَفَ عَلَى (ʔašrafa ʕalā) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Bulgarian: надзиравам (nadziravam) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Chinese Mandarin: 監督 /监督 (jiāndū) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Chinese Mandarin: 指導 /指导 (zhǐdǎo) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Dutch: toezien op — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Dutch: toezicht houden op — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Dutch: een oog(je) houden op — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Finnish: valvoa — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Finnish: johtaa — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• French: superviser — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• German: beaufsichtigen — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• German: überwachen — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• German: leiten — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• German: managen — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Greek: επιτηρώ (epitiró) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Greek: επιτηρούμε (epitiroúme) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Ancient Greek: ἐφοράω (ephoráō) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Italian: supervisionare — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Middle English: surveyen — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Polish: nadzorować — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Polish: doglądać — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Portuguese: supervisionar — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Spanish: supervisar — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Tocharian B: yärp- — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Tok Pisin: bosim — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Turkish: idare etmek — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Turkish: yönetmek — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Ukrainian: наглядати (nahljadaty) — to supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢查 /检查 (jiǎnchá) — to inspect, examine
• Dutch: bekijken — to inspect, examine
• Dutch: toezien op — to inspect, examine
• Finnish: tarkastella — to inspect, examine
• Finnish: katsoa — to inspect, examine
• Finnish: tutkia — to inspect, examine
• German: beaufsichtigen — to inspect, examine
• German: überwachen — to inspect, examine
• Italian: esaminare — to inspect, examine
• Italian: ispezionare — to inspect, examine
• Middle English: surveyen — to inspect, examine
• Turkish: denetlemek — to inspect, examine
• Turkish: kontrol etmek — to inspect, examine
• Bulgarian: съглеждам (sǎgleždam) — to see secretly or unintentionally
• Chinese Mandarin: 監視 /监视 (jiānshì) — to see secretly or unintentionally
• Finnish: nähdä — to see secretly or unintentionally
• Finnish: tarkkailla — to see secretly or unintentionally
• Finnish: kytätä — to see secretly or unintentionally
• Portuguese: vigiar — to see secretly or unintentionally