Tuesday, May 1, 2012

oversees , overseas

Oversees or oversees is the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of  "oversee", meaning to supervise or to be in charge of--
Our supervisor oversees all of that type of work.
That man oversees all of the company's manufacturing.

Overseas or overseas ( rhymes with oversees ) means someplace that is across the ocean from the United States--
It cost a small fortune to have everything shipped overseas when they moved to France.
He spent four years in the army, but was never sent overseas.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He oversees all of our firm's overseas shipping."

Note--"over the sea" means sailing on the ocean, or traveling across it--
They thought their boat might take them over the sea, and liked to plan for the trip.


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