Oversight vs. Oversee — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Oversight and Oversee
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Oversight
An unintentional failure to notice or do something
He had simply missed Parsons out by an oversight
Was the mistake due to oversight?
Oversee
Supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity
The Home Secretary oversees the police service
Oversight
The action of overseeing something
Effective oversight of the financial reporting process
Oversee
To watch over and direct; supervise.
Oversight
An unintentional omission or mistake.
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Oversee
(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
Oversight
Watchful care or management; supervision.
Oversee
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
Oversight
An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later.
Oversee
To inspect, examine
Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
Oversight
Supervision or management.
The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.
Oversee
(obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
Oversight
Overview.
Oversee
To observe secretly or unintentionally.
Oversight
To oversee; to supervise.
Oversee
To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}.
Oversight
To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.
Oversee
To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}.
Oversight
Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
Oversee
To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; - the visual analogy to overhear.
Oversight
An overlooking; an omission; an error.
Oversee
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.
The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee.
Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin.
Oversight
Escape from an overlooked peril.
Oversee
Watch and direct;
Who is overseeing this project?
Oversight
An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
Oversight
Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
Oversight
A mistake resulting from inattention
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