Associations to the word «Oversight»

Wiktionary

OVERSIGHT, noun. An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
OVERSIGHT, noun. Supervision or management.

Dictionary definition

OVERSIGHT, noun. An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something.
OVERSIGHT, noun. Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
OVERSIGHT, noun. A mistake resulting from inattention.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne