Oversight
['əʊvəsaɪt] or ['ovɚsaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a mistake resulting from inattention.
(noun.) an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something.
Edited by Colin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
(n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.
(n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.
Typist: Marietta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Superintendence, control, direction, management, supervision, inspection, charge, care, SURVEILLANCE.[2]. Error, blunder, mistake, slip, trip, lapse, miss, inadvertency.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Error, omission, mistake, neglect, slip, inadvertence, inspection,superintendence
ANT:Scrutiny, correction, emendation, attention, mark, notice
Checked by Janice
Definition
n. a failing to notice: mistake: omission: (orig.) superintendence.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- I hope, Bounderby,' said Mr. Gradgrind, in a conciliatory voice, 'that this was merely an oversight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My friend Tom Gradgrind suggests, Mrs. Sparsit,' said Bounderby, 'that this was merely an oversight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Nor did Canler appear to notice the oversight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As was stated at the outset of this chapter, education is the oversight and guidance of the development of the immature with certain ethical and social ends in view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It struck me that it might have been fastened by a mere oversight, so I took out my bunch of keys and tried to open it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Behold him--always theatrical--looking at Jerusalem--this time, by an oversight, with his hand off his pistol for once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- However, as you are aware, ma'am, I don't allow of even oversights towards you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Editor: Roxanne