OVERSIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oversight mean? 

• OVERSIGHT (noun)
  The noun OVERSIGHT has 3 senses:

1. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

2. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

3. a mistake resulting from inattention

  Familiarity information: OVERSIGHT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERSIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

inadvertence; oversight

Hypernyms ("oversight" is a kind of...):

omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

oversight; superintendence; supervising; supervision

Hypernyms ("oversight" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oversight"):

invigilation (keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A mistake resulting from inattention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lapse; oversight

Hypernyms ("oversight" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

 Context examples 

A coded value specifying the kind of oversight committee.

(Oversight Committee Type Code, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

OASH administers and exercises oversight responsibility for the Public Health Service (PHS) and its component health agencies.

(Office of Assistant Secretary of Health, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time span for when the oversight committee is active.

(Oversight Committee Effective Date Range, NCI Thesaurus)

An institutional-level board mandated by federal law for oversight of recombinant DNA research and work involving biohazardous agents taking place at that institution.

(Institutional Biosafety Committee, NCI Thesaurus)

An organizational unit or facility responsible for the coordination and/or management oversight of activities that occur at secondary or contributing organizational units engaged in the same research activities.

(Central Site, NCI Thesaurus)

It is likely that the Musgrave who held the secret died in the interval, and by some oversight left this guide to his descendant without explaining the meaning of it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oversight and management of grants or contracts

(Academic Grants and Contracts Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Director, NCI, for the oversight and integration of various planning and advisory groups serving the broad programmatic and institutional objectives of the Institute.

(Advisory Committee to the Director, NCI, NCI Thesaurus)

This committee performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on human study subjects that are scientific, ethical, and regulatory.Institutional Review Board (IRB), ethics committee, research ethics board, etc.

(Oversight Committee, NCI Thesaurus)