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1. a. : watchful and responsible care. you to whom oversight of the University is entrusted N. M. Pusey. b. : regulatory supervision. congressional oversight. The new manager was given oversight of the project. 2. : an inadvertent omission or error. whether by oversight or intention G. B. Shaw. The error was a simple oversight. Synonyms.
OVERSIGHT definition: 1. a mistake made because of a failure to notice something: 2. responsibility for a job or…. Learn more.
unintentional failure to notice or consider; lack of proper attention: Owing to my oversight, the letter was sent unsigned. Synonyms: inattention, neglect, lapse, slip, blunder, mistake. supervision; watchful care: a person responsible for the oversight of the organization.
An oversight is a mistake you make when you're not paying full attention. Your failure to add the sugar to the cookies was an unfortunate oversight — you were so engrossed in texting that you forgot it. Oversights are not intentional mistakes. Usually they're just the result of inattention.
6 days ago · 1. countable noun. 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 do not come with the product. Synonyms: mistake, error, slip, fault More Synonyms of oversight.
Definition of oversight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
OVERSIGHT definition: a mistake that you make by not noticing something or by forgetting to do something. Learn more.
oversight. noun. /ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/. [countable, uncountable] the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do something or you do not notice something synonym omission I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight. You can never entirely eliminate human error and oversight.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English o‧ver‧sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun [ countable, uncountable] 1 a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something I assure you that this was purely an oversight on my part. see thesaurus at mistake 2 → have oversight of something Examples from the Corpus oversight • Oversi...
Definitions of 'oversight' 1. If there has been an oversight, someone has forgotten to do something which they should have done. [...] 2. An oversight committee or board is responsible for making sure that a process or system works efficiently and correctly. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'oversight'
