oversight

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From over- +‎ sight. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈo̝vərˌsaɪt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈoːbʱə(ɾ)ˌsaɪt/
• Homophone: overcite

oversight (countable and uncountable, plural oversights)

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

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

2. Supervision or management.

   The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

   • 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:

     The drone operation is subject to strict regulatory oversight. Russell notes that due to UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and privacy laws, BTP can only fly its drones if they have a named specific purpose to do so.

   • 2022 September 19, HarryBlank, “Beyond Repair”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 September 2024:

     "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?"
     "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest.
     "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."

3. Overview.

   Coordinate term: undersight

   • 1908 December 10, Charles W. Wendte, “Foreign Books”, in The Christian Register:

     A large map of the kingdom, in which the Protestant churches, including the Unitarian, are indicated in colors, gives a convenient oversight of the matter treated of by the writer.

oversight (third-person singular simple present oversights, present participle oversighting, simple past and past participle oversighted)

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Oversight

Wikipedia

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To oversee; to supervise.
3. (Internet, transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.

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