oversight
To oversee; to superviseTo oversee; to supervise.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Maybe it was just an oversight.
Может быть, это было обычное упущение. — astyng
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2 senses(nonstandard, transitive)To oversee; to supervise.
(Internet, transitive)To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.
Examples
18 sentencesMaybe it was just an oversight.
ruМожет быть, это было обычное упущение. — astyng
Tom said that the mistake was due to an oversight.
ruТом сказал, что эта ошибка произошла по недосмотру. — sharptoothed
It was an oversight.
ruЭто было упущением. — odexed
deEs war ein Versehen. — Yorwba
That was an oversight.
This is a serious oversight.
ruЭто серьёзное упущение. — Wezel
Origin
From over- + sight. Verb sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht.From over- + sight. Verb sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Aufsicht.
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Forms
oversights, oversighting, oversighted, oversighted| Base form | oversight · to oversight |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | oversights |
| Present participle | oversighting |
| Past simple | oversighted |
| Past participle | oversighted |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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