oversight

«oversight» in Mova's school dictionary: A mistake made because you forgot or did not notice… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an oversight, oversights)

meaning for a pupil

1) A mistake made because you forgot or did not notice something. tree →

2) The job of watching over and being in charge of something (oversight of the project). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: "Leaving you off the list was an oversight, sorry." In formal reports: a committee has oversight of the school budget. Phrases: a simple oversight, by an oversight, have oversight of.

examples

• Forgetting to invite Ben was an oversight. tree →
• The missing page was an oversight by the printer. tree →
• Sorry — it was a simple oversight. tree →
• The head teacher has oversight of all the classes. tree →
• By an oversight, the gate was left open. tree →
• An oversight in the plan left no time for lunch. tree →

note

Trap: the two meanings are almost opposite — "an oversight" (a missed thing) and "oversight" (careful watching). Countable in the mistake sense. Do not confuse with "overlook" (to miss) or "foresight" (planning ahead).

In the corpora

• "An oversight" means a mistake caused by carelessness, something someone forgot or missed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oversight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.