Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to oversee
Participle: overseen
Gerund: overseeing
Indicative
Present
| I | oversee |
| you | oversee |
| he;she;it | oversees |
| we | oversee |
| you | oversee |
| they | oversee |
Perfect
| I | have overseen |
| you | have overseen |
| he;she;it | has overseen |
| we | have overseen |
| you | have overseen |
| they | have overseen |
Past
| I | oversaw |
| you | oversaw |
| he;she;it | oversaw |
| we | oversaw |
| you | oversaw |
| they | oversaw |
Pluperfect
| I | had overseen |
| you | had overseen |
| he;she;it | had overseen |
| we | had overseen |
| you | had overseen |
| they | had overseen |
Future
| I | will oversee |
| you | will oversee |
| he;she;it | will oversee |
| we | will oversee |
| you | will oversee |
| they | will oversee |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overseen |
| you | will have overseen |
| he;she;it | will have overseen |
| we | will have overseen |
| you | will have overseen |
| they | will have overseen |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | oversee |
| you | oversee |
| he;she;it | oversee |
| we | oversee |
| you | oversee |
| they | oversee |
Perfect
| I | have overseen |
| you | have overseen |
| he;she;it | have overseen |
| we | have overseen |
| you | have overseen |
| they | have overseen |
Imperfect
| I | oversaw |
| you | oversaw |
| he;she;it | oversaw |
| we | oversaw |
| you | oversaw |
| they | oversaw |
Pluperfect
| I | had overseen |
| you | had overseen |
| he;she;it | had overseen |
| we | had overseen |
| you | had overseen |
| they | had overseen |
Conditional
Present
| I | would oversee |
| you | would oversee |
| he;she;it | would oversee |
| we | would oversee |
| you | would oversee |
| they | would oversee |
Perfect
| I | would have overseen |
| you | would have overseen |
| he;she;it | would have overseen |
| we | would have overseen |
| you | would have overseen |
| they | would have overseen |
Imperative
| you | oversee |
| we | Let's oversee |
| you | oversee |
Verbs similar to 'oversee'
overseed,
overset,
oversew,
averse,
everse,
overage,
overawe,
overdye,
overeye,
overfeed,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
oferseon "to look down upon, keep watch over," from
ofer "over" +
seon "to see" (see see). Meaning "to supervise" is attested from c.1449;
overseer "superintendent" is from 1523. The verb lacks the double sense of similar
overlook (q.v.), but this emerges in the noun form
oversight, which means both "supervision, care management" (c.1300) and "fact of passing over without seeing" (1477).
2. From Middle English overseen, ouverseen, from Old English ofersēon (“to observe, oversee; to overlook, neglect”), equivalent to over- + see.
Verbs referencing "oversee"
Norwegian, nynorsk
oversjå.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the paper in two, and absolutely refused to leave me. I never had a braver, better fellow,—trusty and true as steel. He embraced Christianity afterwards, and became as gentle as a child. He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it capitally, too. I lost him the first cholera season. In fact, he laid down his life for me. For I was sick, almost to death; and when, through the panic, everybody [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Miss Ophelia saw that there was nobody in the camp that would undertake to oversee the cleansing and dressing of the new arrival; and so she was forced to do it herself, with some very ungracious and reluctant assistance from Jane.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)