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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/
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Canada, General-American:
/ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/
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Canada, General-American:
[ˈoʊvɚˌsʌɪt]
Canadian raising
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Australian:
/ˈəʉvəˌsɑet/
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New-Zealand:
/ˈɐʉ̯vəˌsaɪt/
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New-Zealand:
[ˈɐʉ̯.vɐˌsɑet]
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Scotland:
/ˈo̝vərˌsaɪt/
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India:
/ˈoːbɦə(ɾ)ˌsaɪt/
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homophone: overcite
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CMU ARPABET:
OW1 V ER0 S AY2 T
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An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Supervision or management.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
oversight mechanism The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Overview.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To oversee; to supervise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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a mistake resulting from inattention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lapse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mistake, error, fault
management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: supervision, supervising, superintendence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: management, direction
Narrower terms: invigilation
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inadvertence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: omission
From over- + sight. Verb sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht.
Across languages
Translations 59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
пропуск
(propusk)
— omission
Bulgarian :
недоглеждане
(nedogleždane)
— omission
Catalan :
oblit
— omission
Catalan :
descuit
— omission
Chinese Mandarin :
疏忽
(shūhū, shūhu)
— omission
Czech :
přehlédnutí
— omission
Dutch :
vergetelheid
— omission
Dutch :
onachtzaamheid
— omission
French :
oubli
— omission
Galician :
esquezo
— omission
Galician :
descoido
— omission
Georgian :
ხარვეზი
(xarvezi)
— omission
German :
Versehen
— omission
Greek :
αβλεψία
(avlepsía)
— omission
Ancient Greek :
ἀγνόημα
(agnóēma)
— omission
Hungarian :
figyelmetlenség
— omission
Hungarian :
tévedés
— omission
Hungarian :
elnézés
— omission
Hungarian :
vigyázatlanság
— omission
Italian :
svista
— omission
Macedonian :
превид
(previd)
— omission
Old English :
unġīemen
— omission
Polish :
przeoczenie
— omission
Polish :
niedopatrzenie
— omission
Portuguese :
descuido
— omission
Russian :
недосмо́тр
(nedosmótr)
— omission
Spanish :
inadvertencia
— omission
Spanish :
descuido
— omission
Spanish :
omisión
— omission
Spanish :
error
— omission
Spanish :
negligencia
— omission
Spanish :
equivocación
— omission
Spanish :
fallo
— omission
Swedish :
försummelse
— omission
Swedish :
förbiseende
— omission
Bulgarian :
надзор
(nadzor)
— supervision
Catalan :
supervisió
— supervision
Chinese Mandarin :
監督 /监督
(jiāndū)
— supervision
Dutch :
toezicht
— supervision
Georgian :
ზედამხედველობა
(zedamxedveloba)
— supervision
German :
Aufsicht
— supervision
Ancient Greek :
ἔποψις
(épopsis)
— supervision
Hungarian :
felügyelet
— supervision
Italian :
supervisione
— supervision
Polish :
nadzór
— supervision
Portuguese :
superintendência
— supervision
Portuguese :
chefia
— supervision
Portuguese :
monitoração
— supervision
Portuguese :
acompanhamento
— supervision
Portuguese :
supervisão
— supervision
Russian :
надзо́р
(nadzór)
— supervision
Russian :
контро́ль
(kontrólʹ)
— supervision
Spanish :
vigilancia
— supervision
Spanish :
supervisión
— supervision
Swedish :
granskning
— supervision
Swedish :
övervakning
— supervision
Swedish :
inspektion
— supervision
Swedish :
revision
— supervision
German :
Überblick
— overview
