oversight — UK US /ˈəʊvəsaɪt/ noun ► [U] LAW, GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT systems or actions to control an activity and make sure that it is done correctly and legally: »In commodity trading, key goods such as oil or uranium are traded with almost no oversight.… … Financial and business terms
oversight — oversight, supervision, surveillance all denote the function or duty of watching or guarding for the sake of proper control or direction. Oversight applies to the function or duty not only of one who is called an overseer or an inspector but of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oversight — Care needs to be taken to distinguish the two primary meanings, (1) ‘supervision’: • There must be a representative of Scotland in the United Kingdom Cabinet with a general oversight over the economy and the framing of Scotland s budget Lord Home … Modern English usage
Oversight — O ver*sight , n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision. [1913 Webster] 2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] His fool happy oversight. Spenser. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oversight — [n1] failure, omission blank*, blunder, carelessness, chasm, default, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, inattention, lapse, laxity, miscue, mistake, neglect, overlook, overlooking, preterition, pretermission, skip, slip, slipup*; … New thesaurus
oversight — (n.) supervision, c.1400, from OVER (Cf. over) + SIGHT (Cf. sight). Meaning omission of notice, fact of passing over without seeing attested from late 15c.; Cf. OVERSEE (Cf. oversee) … Etymology dictionary
oversight — ► NOUN ▪ an unintentional failure to notice or do something … English terms dictionary
oversight — [ō′vər sīt΄] n. 1. a superintendence; supervision, esp. when careful or vigilant 2. an unintentional, careless mistake or omission … English World dictionary
oversight — n. 1) an oversight that + clause (it was through an oversight that you were not invited) 2) by, through an oversight (her name was omitted through an oversight) * * * [ əʊvəsaɪt] through an oversight (her name was omitted through an oversight) by … Combinatory dictionary
oversight — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)saɪt[/t]] oversights 1) N COUNT If there has been an oversight, someone has forgotten to do something which they should have done. William was angered and embarrassed by his oversight... By an unfortunate oversight, full instructions… … English dictionary
