verb
oversee
oh-ver-SEE/ˌoʊvərˈsi/
Supervise work, people, or activities.
The project manager oversees the team's work from start to finish.
Etymology
Seeing over something carried the sense of surveying it or keeping watch over it. That watchful attention developed into supervision: observing work or people as the person responsible for their management.
In context
to oversee wire transfers related to the sale of a business, basically to make sure all the shareholders got their money.
As general manager I oversee the business office,
More examples
- Who will oversee the volunteers at the food bank?
- She oversaw the renovation of the library.
- An independent committee has overseen the election process.
Forms
oversee · oversees · oversaw · overseen · overseeing
overseer noun — A person who supervises other people's work.