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oversight

/ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/

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What does oversight mean?

noun

  1. An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.
  2. Supervision or management.
  3. Overview.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To oversee; to supervise.
  2. To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/

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Rowland wondered whether he had forgotten it, and supposed that the oversight was a sign of the natural self-sufficiency of genius.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
Phidias had the oversight of all the works, and was surveyor-general, though upon the various portions other great masters and workmen were employed.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
More book examples (3)
Much may be learned from such people by use of this specialty of theirs, while oversight thereof may render them hopeless as witnesses.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
We must suppose this to be due to an oversight, as he gives the key moves of the four problems by English composers.
H. E. (Henry Edward) BirdChess History and ReminiscencesProject Gutenberg ebook #4902
Nowhere, perhaps, is the constant vigilance of the physician so well rewarded as in the careful oversight of the pregnant woman.
Anna M. (Anna Mary) GalbraithThe Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in HygieneProject Gutenberg ebook #4986