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Oversee vs. overlook



 
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Oversee vs. overlook #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:50 am   Oversee vs. overlook
 

Test No. incompl/advan-4 "Newspaper Headlines", question 4

The boss was good enough to ......... my mistake.

(a) oversee
(b) overtake
(c) overdo
(d) overlook

Test No. incompl/advan-4 "Newspaper Headlines", answer 4

The boss was good enough to overlook my mistake.

Correct answer: (d) overlook

Your answer was: incorrect
The boss was good enough to oversee my mistake.
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Oversee vs. overlook #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 02, 2004 15:15 pm   Oversee vs. overlook
 

Hi Fishest,

Many thanks for your interesting question.

to oversee means to supervise, to manage

to overlook means to fail to notice or to excuse

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Overlook vs Oversee #3 (permalink) Wed Nov 02, 2005 19:03 pm   Overlook vs Oversee
 

Why isn't the sentence: "The boss was good enough to oversee my mistake" correct.

Afterall the boss would be professionally competent ("good") only when he / she is able to catch ("see") the mistake of the staff.

Please explain.

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Oversee vs. overlook #4 (permalink) Wed Nov 02, 2005 19:05 pm   Oversee vs. overlook
 

Oversee means to manage or supervise. You will certainly agree that you can't supervise a mistake.

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Overlook vs Oversee #5 (permalink) Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:13 am   Overlook vs Oversee
 

Now I get it. Thank you for the help.
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Oversee vs. overlook #6 (permalink) Tue Mar 09, 2010 20:13 pm   Oversee vs. overlook
 

The boss was good enough to fail to notice the mistakes? You said overlook means fail to notice.
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Oversee vs. overlook #7 (permalink) Fri May 27, 2011 15:24 pm   Oversee vs. overlook
 

The boss was good enough to

excuse

the mistakes.
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