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oversight - 3 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅sight

[oh-ver-sahyt]
–noun
1. an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
2. unintentional failure to notice or consider; lack of proper attention: Owing to my oversight, the letter was sent unsigned.
3. supervision; watchful care: a person responsible for the oversight of the organization.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see over-, sight


1, 2. mistake, blunder, slip. 2. lapse, neglect, inattention. 3. management, direction, control; surveillance.
o·ver·sight   (ō'vər-sīt')   
n.  
  1. An unintentional omission or mistake.
  2. Watchful care or management; supervision.

Oversight

O"ver*sight`\, n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. --Hooker.

3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight." --Spenser.

Syn: Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
Language Translation for : oversight
Spanish: descuido,
German: das Versehen,
Japanese: 見落とし
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