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- Dictionaryoversight/ˈəʊvəsʌɪt/
noun
- 1. an unintentional failure to notice or do something: "he had simply missed Parsons out by an oversight" Similar
- 2. the action of overseeing something: "effective oversight of the financial reporting process" Similar
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Oversight is a noun that means a mistake made because of a failure to notice something, or responsibility for a job or activity. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, collocations, and translations with Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
OVERSIGHT meaning: 1. a mistake made because of a failure to...
- Oversight Board
OVERSIGHT BOARD definition: a group of people who are...
- English (US)
Oversight is a noun that means watchful and responsible care, regulatory supervision, or an inadvertent omission or error. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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.
Oversight can mean a mistake or omission, or the responsibility for supervising something. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, collocations and usage of oversight with Collins Dictionary.
Oversight definition: an omission or error due to carelessness. See examples of OVERSIGHT used in a sentence.
Oversight is the fact of making a mistake or the state of being in charge of somebody/something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with pictures, pronunciation and synonyms.
Oversight is a noun that means a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something. Learn more about the word family, usage and examples of oversight from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
