Meaning

• To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

• To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

  "It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds."

• To inspect, examine

  "Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers."

• To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.

• To observe secretly or unintentionally.