"oversight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/ [General-American], /ˈo̝vərˌsaɪt/ [English, Scottish], /ˈoːbʱə(ɾ)ˌsaɪt/ [Indian-English] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oversight.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oversights [plural]
Etymology: over- + sight. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sight}} over- + sight, {{sl|en|de|Aufsicht|senseid=MediaWiki}} Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oversight (countable and uncountable, plural oversights)
  1. An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (omission): ἀγνόημα (agnóēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), пропуск (propusk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), недоглеждане (nedogleždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), oblit [masculine] (Catalan), descuit [masculine] (Catalan), 疏忽 (shūhū, shūhu) (Chinese Mandarin), přehlédnutí [neuter] (Czech), vergetelheid [feminine] (Dutch), onachtzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), oubli [masculine] (French), esquezo [masculine] (Galician), descoido [masculine] (Galician), ხარვეზი (xarvezi) (Georgian), Versehen [neuter] (German), αβλεψία (avlepsía) [feminine] (Greek), figyelmetlenség (Hungarian), tévedés (Hungarian), elnézés (Hungarian), vigyázatlanság (Hungarian), svista [feminine] (Italian), превид (previd) [masculine] (Macedonian), unġīemen [feminine] (Old English), przeoczenie [neuter] (Polish), niedopatrzenie [neuter] (Polish), descuido [masculine] (Portuguese), недосмо́тр (nedosmótr) [masculine] (Russian), inadvertencia [feminine] (Spanish), försummelse [common-gender] (Swedish), förbiseende [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-oversight-en-noun-HzmQy6yc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 27 9 23 11 30 Disambiguation of 'omission': 97 1 2
  2. Supervision or management. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (supervision): ἔποψις (épopsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), надзор (nadzor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), supervisió [feminine] (Catalan), 監督 (Chinese Mandarin), 监督 (jiāndū) (Chinese Mandarin), toezicht [neuter] (Dutch), ზედამხედველობა (zedamxedveloba) (Georgian), felügyelet (Hungarian), supervisione [feminine] (Italian), nadzór [masculine] (Polish), superintendência [feminine] (Portuguese), chefia [feminine] (Portuguese), monitoração (Portuguese), acompanhamento (Portuguese), supervisão (Portuguese), надзо́р (nadzór) [masculine] (Russian), контро́ль (kontrólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), vigilancia (Spanish), granskning [common-gender] (Swedish), övervakning [common-gender] (Swedish), inspektion [common-gender] (Swedish), revision [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-oversight-en-noun-dRzIONWr Disambiguation of 'supervision': 2 93 5
  3. Overview. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-oversight-en-noun-R72Cp6HN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 27 9 23 11 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alternative episcopal oversight

Verb

IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/ [General-American], /ˈo̝vərˌsaɪt/ [English, Scottish], /ˈoːbʱə(ɾ)ˌsaɪt/ [Indian-English] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oversight.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oversights [present, singular, third-person], oversighting [participle, present], oversighted [participle, past], oversighted [past]
Etymology: over- + sight. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sight}} over- + sight, {{sl|en|de|Aufsicht|senseid=MediaWiki}} Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht Head templates: {{en-verb}} oversight (third-person singular simple present oversights, present participle oversighting, simple past and past participle oversighted)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To oversee; to supervise. Tags: nonstandard, transitive
    Sense id: en-oversight-en-verb-6PoiCb1l Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 27 9 23 11 30
  2. (Internet, transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet, Wiki
    Sense id: en-oversight-en-verb-en:MediaWiki Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 2 5 2 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 3 6 3 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 27 9 23 11 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oversighter

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːbʱə(ɾ)ˌsaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Indian-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "overcite"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oversight.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oversight.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oversight.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oversight.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oversight.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wikipedia:Oversight"
  ],
  "word": "oversight"
}

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