Definitions for Oversight
ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪtover·sight

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oversight, inadvertencenoun

   an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

2. supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversightnoun

   management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

3. oversight, lapsenoun

   a mistake resulting from inattention

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. oversightnoun

   An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.

   A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later.

2. oversightnoun

   supervision or management

   The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oversightnoun

   Etymology: from over and sight.

   1. Superintendence.

   They gave the money, being told unto them that had the over-sight of the house. 2 Kings xii. 11.

   Feed the flock of God, taking the over-sight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly. 1 Pet. v. 2.

   2. Mistake; error.

   Amongst so many huge volumes, as the infinite pains of St. Augustine have brought forth, what one hath gotten greater love, commendation, and honour, than the book wherein he carefully owns his over-sights and sincerely condemneth them. Richard Hooker, Pref.

   His son mark’d this over-sight,
   And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oversight

   Oversight refers to the act of monitoring or supervising a process, project, or group of individuals, to ensure things are performed as expected and procedures are properly followed. It can also refer to an unintentional failure to notice or consider something. It is often used in the context of governance or management.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oversight

   ō′vėr-sīt, n. a failing to notice: mistake: omission: (orig.) superintendence.

Matched Categories

1. • Management
   • Mistake
   • Omission

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oversight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Oversight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Oversight in a Sentence

1. The DOE:

   Dr. Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard Universitys Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was indicted for lying about Charles Lieber involvement with the Chinese governments Thousand Talents Plan and admitting that Harvard Universitys Chemistry lacks adequate institutional controls for effective oversight and tracking of very large donations.

2. Craig Futterman:

   The answer to me isn't that there is something fundamentally wrong with the premise of civilian oversight, the problem is, in America we still have not really tried.

3. James Comer:

   He certainly needs better judgment in who he dines with, i know he’s issued a statement and said he did n’t know who those people were, but, at any rate, my focus is going to be investigating the current administration as the next chairman of the House Oversight Committee and try to get a handle on the massive amount of waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government.

4. Michael Haggard:

   One of the problems here is that there's limited federal oversight. Every state has their own department of agriculture or a department that oversees amusement parks, she wants to make sure that this not only doesn't happen( again) in this facility, but that it never happens anywhere. That is her purpose.

5. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson:

   As part of this transformational period in police oversight in Chicago, detailed and comprehensive use-of-force reporting is crucial to fostering public trust.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Oversight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oversight
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Oversight
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Oversight