Oversight - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈəʊvərsaɪt|
Brit.
|ˈəʊvəsaɪt|
noun
- an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something (syn: inadvertence)
- management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group (syn: superintendence, supervising, supervision)
- a mistake resulting from inattention (syn: lapse)
- management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group (syn: superintendence, supervising, supervision)
- a mistake resulting from inattention (syn: lapse)
Extra examples
The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight.
The error was a simple oversight.
The new manager was given oversight of the project.
It was through an oversight that you were not invited.
I assure you that this was purely an oversight on my part.
They claimed it was simply an oversight.
He has general oversight of all training courses.
In the last twenty years the industry has had no oversight or policing.
Word forms
noun
singular: oversight
plural: oversights
singular: oversight
plural: oversights
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