Definition of oversight
1a : watchful and responsible care you to whom oversight of the University is entrusted — N. M. Puseyb : 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.
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Examples of oversight in a Sentence
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.
15th Century
First Known Use of oversight
15th century
OVERSIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
oversight
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: a mistake made because someone forgets or fails to notice something
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: the act or job of directing work that is being done
OVERSIGHT Defined for Kids
oversight
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1 : the act or duty of overseeing : watchful care He was assigned oversight of the project.
2 : an error or something forgotten through carelessness or haste It was surely an oversight that you weren't invited.
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What do “watchful care” and “careless error” have in common? Though they are opposites they are both meanings of oversight.
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