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oversight

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oversight  \O"ver*sight`\,  n. 
  1.  Watchful  care  superintendence;  general  supervision. 
 
  2.  An  overlooking;  an  omission;  an  error.  --Hooker. 
 
  3.  Escape  from  an  overlooked  peril.  [R.]  ``His  fool-happy 
  oversight.''  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  Superintendence;  supervision;  inspection;  overlooking; 
  inadvertence;  neglect;  mistake;  error;  omission. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oversight 
  n  1:  omission  resulting  from  failure  to  notice  something  [syn:  {inadvertence}] 
  2:  management  by  overseeing  the  performance  or  operation  of  a 
  person  or  group  [syn:  {supervision},  {supervising},  {superintendence}] 
  3:  a  mistake  resulting  from  inattention  [syn:  {lapse}]




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