Hi,
I am currently living in London. In a meeting today I wanted to recommend my colleague supervised a project and I said:
"Please, can you overlook the project while I am away"?
He is native and I think, or I hope, he understood. After the meeting I was really confused, I didn't know why I used the word "overlook". Maybe because I heard someone using the word in the same context? I've checked some dictionaries and the main meaning was "fail to notice".
However in the dictionary in this website it says that "overlook" can be "supervise", but the use is archaic. Is it really archaic?
If so, please can you give me some synonyms?
I would prefer no to use "supervise" or other words that give a direct sense of "managing". Supervise would be perfect in the context, but I wanted something more informal.
Thanks
I am currently living in London. In a meeting today I wanted to recommend my colleague supervised a project and I said:
"Please, can you overlook the project while I am away"?
He is native and I think, or I hope, he understood. After the meeting I was really confused, I didn't know why I used the word "overlook". Maybe because I heard someone using the word in the same context? I've checked some dictionaries and the main meaning was "fail to notice".
However in the dictionary in this website it says that "overlook" can be "supervise", but the use is archaic. Is it really archaic?
If so, please can you give me some synonyms?
I would prefer no to use "supervise" or other words that give a direct sense of "managing". Supervise would be perfect in the context, but I wanted something more informal.
Thanks