oversightn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəsʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/

Forms: see over- prefix and sight n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, sight n.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + sight n.¹ Compare earlier oversee v.

†1.

†a. All-encompassing sight. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > superintendence

oversighta1400

surviewc1421

supervisionc1475

supervisorship1482

survey1535

surveying1538

superintendence1559

superintendency1579

superinspection1617

supervising1634

intendment1638

supravision1642

surintendency1650

supervisal1652

supervisure1690

intendancy1727

surintendence1744

supervisance1816

overseering1854

overseeing1890

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27094 Min on his ouer-sight [a1400 Fairf. ouersiȝt] Þat al wranges has to right.

b. A view from above; a panoramic view; a prospect. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey

overlook1584

survey1589

coup d'œil1739

periscope1825

eye sweep1833

oversight1889

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 291 You have a closer and more direct oversight of the home, or Herefordshire, view.

1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 72/1 This set [of stamps]..provides you with an oversight of rhododendrons themselves which is probably unrivalled on the stamps of any country.

a. The action of overseeing something; supervision, inspection; authority, management; (also occasionally) an instance of this. Also: supervisory responsibility or authority; custodianship, charge (esp. in to have (the) oversight of).

ΚΠ

1413 in F. A. Page-Turner Bedfordshire Wills (1914) 20 (MED) I wolle þat..my Executours..ben resonnablich rewardede by ye ouersyȝt of my lordes þe surveours aboue written.

1427–8 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) I. 168 (MED) Item, For diuerse costis i doon be our maistir William Cambrigge and vs for diuerse necessaries and drinkyngs, rewards and ouersightes of the maistres masons and carpenters and werkmen.

a1500 ( in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 18 Send sum trusty man for to go with hem, that may have the oversighte & gouveurnance of hem alle.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKiii^v To haue y^e ouersight & instruction of nouices.

1584 R. Hakluyt in Writings & Corresp. (1935) 293 His sufficiencie hath so greately advaunced him, that the kinge hath geven him the oversighte of all the pilotts that saile to the west Indies.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. X3^v/1 Deciners..signifieth..such as were wont to haue the ouersight and checke of ten friburgs, for the maintenance of the kings peace.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 36 The smallest precinct was that of the Parish, the oversight whereof was the Presbyters work.

1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) ii. xv. 218 He hath also the oversight of..Handicrafts, and Artisans..in the King's Service.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Assizer An Officer who has the Care and Oversight of those Matters.

1803 J. Bunting Let. 13 Dec. in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) I. xi. 220 That ministerial pastorship and oversight of the flock, which the New Testament enjoins as universally necessary.

1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. 30 The lieutenant on duty..is responsible for the deck while he has charge of it, and has also to take a general oversight of the ship.

1935 F. H. Hayward Alfred the Great xii. 81 There was no centralised mint and probably little centralised oversight.

1995 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Feb. 18/1 Longer-term discontent will be subject to the oversight of an ombudsman.

†b. A comprehensive examination or analysis; a survey. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun]

oversight1550

surveya1568

insight1581

theoric1588

compact1644

grand tour1793

overview1916

1550 J. Hooper (title) An ouersighte and deliberacion vppon the holy prophet Ionas.

a. The action of passing over something without seeing or noticing it; unintentional failure to notice or act on something; the fact of having been overlooked or neglected in this way; negligence, inadvertence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence

oversight1477

overslippinga1522

negligency1607

preterition1609

undersight1894

1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 176/1 Youre seid suppliant, of grete oversight of him self and simplenesse, did and committed ayenst youre Highnes grete tresons and offences.

?1534 L. Cox tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Epist. Paule vnto Titus Ded. f. xxvi Suche faultes as were therin eyther by the printers neglygence or myne ouersyght.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii Whereby it appeareth, that no consonant can be dubled in the end of a word..: and that therefor the dubling of the last syllab is mere ouersight.

1612 W. Strachey Lawes in P. Force Tracts (1844) III. ii. 50 Hee is to see each souldiers armes cleanly kept, and seruiceable, and if default be, he is to reprooue the corporall for his negligence in the ouer-sight of that dutie.

1676 W. Temple Let. to Ambassadors France in Wks. (1731) II. 406 It is all rather owing to Oversight, than to any ill Intention.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Huff At..Draughts to Huff is to take up and blow off a Man, that the Adversary by oversight let slip from taking another.

1766 Life Quin (1887) xii. 48 Many mistakes which our immortal bard Shakespeare had by oversight, or the volatileness of his genius, suffered to creep into his works.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 600 A similar piece of oversight had befallen one of the captains.

1927 Public Opinion 8 Apr. 329/2 The generous-hearted demand that we accord to China the recognition due to a modern nation is sometimes made in oversight of the fundamental elements in the problem.

1992 Matrix Fall 8/1 Was such misconstruction the result of simple oversight or of guile?

b. An accidental omission; a mistake made through inadvertence or negligence. Also: a person who or thing which is passed over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of

oversight1531

overscape1581

overslip1584

preterition1609

neglect1611

inanimadvertence1656

inanimadversion1676

inadvertency1702

inadvertence1725

overlook1858

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance > that which is rejected or refused > person that is rejected

offcasta1387

oversight1531

retraict1575

rejected1593

reject1917

unwanted1932

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > of inadvertence

oversight1531

overslip1584

scape1669

bevue1716

escape1844

Freudian slip1959

1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) xlii. f. cvii^v He shall answere as well for an vntrouthe in any suche clerke as for an ouer syght.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare To Rdr. ⁋3^v To consider better the ouersightes, and scapes of his former Booke.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 595 Oversights of Writers, through negligence or ignorance in forren names.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 31 Jan. (1974) VIII. 38 There being several horrible oversights to the prejudice of the King.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. d^v In so complicated a work, some oversights must have been committed.

1773 T. Percy Let. 3 June in Percy Lett. (1954) IV. 130 I regret that I was not present when your Amanuensis transcribed your Copies for the Press, as I see many oversights in consequence of his not being sufficiently conversant with the old hand-writing.

1836 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. vi. 453 There is an oversight in the article on Bacon, which I shall be much obliged to you to correct.

1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 121 It [sc. the omission] may have been an oversight.

1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 135 He is apt to attribute to his opponents stupendous oversights and elementary misunderstandings.

2000 S. Kinsells Secret Dreamworld of Shopaholic viii. 126 Unfortunately, although this cheque is signed, it appears to be dated 14 February 2200. No doubt just an oversight on your part.

Compounds

oversight committee n. Politics (chiefly U.S.) a committee appointed to supervise or inspect government operations, esp. the spending of Federal funds; a committee with similar responsibilities in another country.

ΚΠ

1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. a4/5 The back~room view in the White House is that there should be a single oversight committee on Capitol Hill to answer the clamor for corrective action.

1993 Economist (BNC) Though the Bundestag now has a European oversight committee, it is weakened by the jealousies of members of existing committees.

1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 67/1 The sole incorruptible cog in the machinery of power, who slips out of gear and reveals to the good guys of a congressional oversight committee the hopeless corruption all around him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

oversightv.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəsʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/

Forms: see oversight n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: oversight n.

Etymology: < oversight n.

1. intransitive. To make a mistake through negligence or omission. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or negligent [verb (intransitive)] > omit doing or to do something through carelessness > commit an oversight

oversight1613

1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel To Rdr. 143 The Printer hath faulted a little; it may be the author ouersighted more.

2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 23 I am sure you have just oversighted and that you will pay the funds.

2. transitive. To oversee; to supervise. Esp. in later use, with reference to a committee which has responsibility for or authority over an institution, agency, etc.; cf. oversight committee n. at oversight n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend

overseec1330

overwaitc1449

overlook1532

supervise1566

superintend1596

supravise1604

supervise1653

superinspect1675

intend1791

targe1814

oversight1885

overseer1892

honcho1957

1885 Brit. Architect 31 July 54/1 We have clear enough record of certain men who paid wages, or oversighted workmen.

1938 W. H. Brown Brighton's Co-operative Advance 1828–1938 xiii. 134 Mr. Whitehouse..has oversighted the expanding activities with ardour and capacity.

1976 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 16 Sept. 2/3 The 15 agencies which have oversighted the construction industry have been cut to five.

1997 K. J. Breen et al. Ethics, Law & Med. Pract. xiv. 170 Most doctors therefore appreciate the central role of pharmacists in the health care team in dispensing and oversighting the safe and effective use of drugs.

2001 New Statesman 23 July 39/3 The detention centres are not concealed, but are oversighted and visited by parliamentary committees, government organisations such as the ombudsman, international bodies and various non-governmental organisations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	oversight
释义	oversightn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/ Forms: see over- prefix and sight n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, sight n.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + sight n.¹ Compare earlier oversee v. †1. †a. All-encompassing sight. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > superintendence oversighta1400 surviewc1421 supervisionc1475 supervisorship1482 survey1535 surveying1538 superintendence1559 superintendency1579 superinspection1617 supervising1634 intendment1638 supravision1642 surintendency1650 supervisal1652 supervisure1690 intendancy1727 surintendence1744 supervisance1816 overseering1854 overseeing1890 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27094 Min on his ouer-sight [a1400 Fairf. ouersiȝt] Þat al wranges has to right. b. A view from above; a panoramic view; a prospect. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey overlook1584 survey1589 coup d'œil1739 periscope1825 eye sweep1833 oversight1889 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 291 You have a closer and more direct oversight of the home, or Herefordshire, view. 1992 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Mar. 72/1 This set [of stamps]..provides you with an oversight of rhododendrons themselves which is probably unrivalled on the stamps of any country. 2. a. The action of overseeing something; supervision, inspection; authority, management; (also occasionally) an instance of this. Also: supervisory responsibility or authority; custodianship, charge (esp. in to have (the) oversight of). ΚΠ 1413 in F. A. Page-Turner Bedfordshire Wills (1914) 20 (MED) I wolle þat..my Executours..ben resonnablich rewardede by ye ouersyȝt of my lordes þe surveours aboue written. 1427–8 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) I. 168 (MED) Item, For diuerse costis i doon be our maistir William Cambrigge and vs for diuerse necessaries and drinkyngs, rewards and ouersightes of the maistres masons and carpenters and werkmen. a1500 ( in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 18 Send sum trusty man for to go with hem, that may have the oversighte & gouveurnance of hem alle. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKiii^v To haue y^e ouersight & instruction of nouices. 1584 R. Hakluyt in Writings & Corresp. (1935) 293 His sufficiencie hath so greately advaunced him, that the kinge hath geven him the oversighte of all the pilotts that saile to the west Indies. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. X3^v/1 Deciners..signifieth..such as were wont to haue the ouersight and checke of ten friburgs, for the maintenance of the kings peace. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 36 The smallest precinct was that of the Parish, the oversight whereof was the Presbyters work. 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) ii. xv. 218 He hath also the oversight of..Handicrafts, and Artisans..in the King's Service. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Assizer An Officer who has the Care and Oversight of those Matters. 1803 J. Bunting Let. 13 Dec. in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) I. xi. 220 That ministerial pastorship and oversight of the flock, which the New Testament enjoins as universally necessary. 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. 30 The lieutenant on duty..is responsible for the deck while he has charge of it, and has also to take a general oversight of the ship. 1935 F. H. Hayward Alfred the Great xii. 81 There was no centralised mint and probably little centralised oversight. 1995 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Feb. 18/1 Longer-term discontent will be subject to the oversight of an ombudsman. †b. A comprehensive examination or analysis; a survey. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] oversight1550 surveya1568 insight1581 theoric1588 view1604 compact1644 grand tour1793 overview1916 1550 J. Hooper (title) An ouersighte and deliberacion vppon the holy prophet Ionas. 3. a. The action of passing over something without seeing or noticing it; unintentional failure to notice or act on something; the fact of having been overlooked or neglected in this way; negligence, inadvertence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence oversight1477 overslippinga1522 negligency1607 preterition1609 undersight1894 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 176/1 Youre seid suppliant, of grete oversight of him self and simplenesse, did and committed ayenst youre Highnes grete tresons and offences. ?1534 L. Cox tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Epist. Paule vnto Titus Ded. f. xxvi Suche faultes as were therin eyther by the printers neglygence or myne ouersyght. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii Whereby it appeareth, that no consonant can be dubled in the end of a word..: and that therefor the dubling of the last syllab is mere ouersight. 1612 W. Strachey Lawes in P. Force Tracts (1844) III. ii. 50 Hee is to see each souldiers armes cleanly kept, and seruiceable, and if default be, he is to reprooue the corporall for his negligence in the ouer-sight of that dutie. 1676 W. Temple Let. to Ambassadors France in Wks. (1731) II. 406 It is all rather owing to Oversight, than to any ill Intention. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Huff At..Draughts to Huff is to take up and blow off a Man, that the Adversary by oversight let slip from taking another. 1766 Life Quin (1887) xii. 48 Many mistakes which our immortal bard Shakespeare had by oversight, or the volatileness of his genius, suffered to creep into his works. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 600 A similar piece of oversight had befallen one of the captains. 1927 Public Opinion 8 Apr. 329/2 The generous-hearted demand that we accord to China the recognition due to a modern nation is sometimes made in oversight of the fundamental elements in the problem. 1992 Matrix Fall 8/1 Was such misconstruction the result of simple oversight or of guile? b. An accidental omission; a mistake made through inadvertence or negligence. Also: a person who or thing which is passed over. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of oversight1531 overscape1581 overslip1584 preterition1609 neglect1611 inanimadvertence1656 inanimadversion1676 inadvertency1702 inadvertence1725 overlook1858 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance > that which is rejected or refused > person that is rejected offcasta1387 oversight1531 retraict1575 rejected1593 reject1917 unwanted1932 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > of inadvertence oversight1531 overslip1584 scape1669 bevue1716 escape1844 Freudian slip1959 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) xlii. f. cvii^v He shall answere as well for an vntrouthe in any suche clerke as for an ouer syght. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare To Rdr. ⁋3^v To consider better the ouersightes, and scapes of his former Booke. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 595 Oversights of Writers, through negligence or ignorance in forren names. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 31 Jan. (1974) VIII. 38 There being several horrible oversights to the prejudice of the King. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. d^v In so complicated a work, some oversights must have been committed. 1773 T. Percy Let. 3 June in Percy Lett. (1954) IV. 130 I regret that I was not present when your Amanuensis transcribed your Copies for the Press, as I see many oversights in consequence of his not being sufficiently conversant with the old hand-writing. 1836 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. vi. 453 There is an oversight in the article on Bacon, which I shall be much obliged to you to correct. 1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 121 It [sc. the omission] may have been an oversight. 1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 135 He is apt to attribute to his opponents stupendous oversights and elementary misunderstandings. 2000 S. Kinsells Secret Dreamworld of Shopaholic viii. 126 Unfortunately, although this cheque is signed, it appears to be dated 14 February 2200. No doubt just an oversight on your part. Compounds oversight committee n. Politics (chiefly U.S.) a committee appointed to supervise or inspect government operations, esp. the spending of Federal funds; a committee with similar responsibilities in another country. ΚΠ 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. a4/5 The back~room view in the White House is that there should be a single oversight committee on Capitol Hill to answer the clamor for corrective action. 1993 Economist (BNC) Though the Bundestag now has a European oversight committee, it is weakened by the jealousies of members of existing committees. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 67/1 The sole incorruptible cog in the machinery of power, who slips out of gear and reveals to the good guys of a congressional oversight committee the hopeless corruption all around him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oversightv. Brit. /ˈəʊvəsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/ Forms: see oversight n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: oversight n. Etymology: < oversight n. 1. intransitive. To make a mistake through negligence or omission. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or negligent [verb (intransitive)] > omit doing or to do something through carelessness > commit an oversight oversight1613 1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel To Rdr. 143 The Printer hath faulted a little; it may be the author ouersighted more. 2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 23 I am sure you have just oversighted and that you will pay the funds. 2. transitive. To oversee; to supervise. Esp. in later use, with reference to a committee which has responsibility for or authority over an institution, agency, etc.; cf. oversight committee n. at oversight n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > superintend overseec1330 overwaitc1449 overlook1532 supervise1566 superintend1596 supravise1604 supervise1653 superinspect1675 intend1791 targe1814 oversight1885 overseer1892 honcho1957 1885 Brit. Architect 31 July 54/1 We have clear enough record of certain men who paid wages, or oversighted workmen. 1938 W. H. Brown Brighton's Co-operative Advance 1828–1938 xiii. 134 Mr. Whitehouse..has oversighted the expanding activities with ardour and capacity. 1976 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 16 Sept. 2/3 The 15 agencies which have oversighted the construction industry have been cut to five. 1997 K. J. Breen et al. Ethics, Law & Med. Pract. xiv. 170 Most doctors therefore appreciate the central role of pharmacists in the health care team in dispensing and oversighting the safe and effective use of drugs. 2001 New Statesman 23 July 39/3 The detention centres are not concealed, but are oversighted and visited by parliamentary committees, government organisations such as the ombudsman, international bodies and various non-governmental organisations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400v.1613
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