Usually means: Managed or supervised task or people.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word oversaw:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. oversaw: Merriam-Webster
  2. oversaw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oversaw: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oversaw: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oversaw: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oversaw, oversaw: Wordnik
  7. oversaw: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oversaw: Wiktionary
  9. Oversaw, oversaw: Dictionary.com
  10. oversaw: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Oversaw: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Oversaw: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. oversaw: FreeDictionary.org
  14. oversaw: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oversaw: Legal dictionary

(Note: See oversee as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
verb:  (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
verb:  To inspect, examine
verb:  (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
verb:  To observe secretly or unintentionally.
▸ Also see oversee


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