What does oversight mean?
Definitions for oversight
ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪtover·sight
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word oversight.
Princeton's WordNet
oversight, inadvertencenoun
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversightnoun
management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
oversight, lapsenoun
a mistake resulting from inattention
Wiktionary
oversightnoun
An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later.
oversightnoun
supervision or management
The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Oversightnoun
Etymology: from over and sight.
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.
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Oversight
ō′vėr-sīt, n. a failing to notice: mistake: omission: (orig.) superintendence.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of oversight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of oversight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of oversight in a Sentence
Today, I am directing the Secretary of Education – an educator himself – to take additional steps to protect our children, this includes using all of his oversight authorities and legal actions, if appropriate, against governors who are trying to block and intimidate local school officials and educators.
The administration stands ready to work with Congress to accommodate oversight requests consistent with applicable standards, including the need to protect intelligence sources and methods.
If the only way that we can do our oversight is through an impeachment proceeding, then maybe we have to go down that road.
We are saying to the Trump administration, and to the Russians, we are looking carefully at every transaction you are involved with, we will exercise our oversight.
The International Crisis Group:
In the nine months that the ceasefire has been observed, forces have simply paused hostilities while remaining in close proximity: there has been no joint security oversight or move toward unification or demobilization, this would be an untenable status quo even if there were political progress, which there is not.
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- مراقبةArabic
- supervisió, oblitCatalan, Valencian
- přehlédnutíCzech
- VersehenGerman
- αβλεψίαGreek
- inadvertencia, vigilanciaSpanish
- نظارتPersian
- oubliFrench
- ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಣೆKannada
- toezichtDutch
- przeoczenie, niedopatrzenie, nadzórPolish
- надзор, контроль, недосмотрRussian
- inspektion, övervakning, förbiseende, försummelse, granskning, revisionSwedish
- نگرانیUrdu
- 疏忽Chinese
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