oversight

Langue: fr

🇺🇸 /ˈoʊvɜrˌsaɪt/

📖 Définitions

noun
supervision; négligence; surplomb; supervision; omission; surveillance

EN: The act of supervising or overseeing something; the responsibility of watching over and directing the work or activities of others.; An unintentional failure to notice or do something; a mistake made through carelessness or inattention.; The act of looking over or surveying something from a higher position; a view from above.; The power or authority to supervise, review, or regulate the actions of an organization or individual.; A failure to include or account for something; an omission.; Watchful care or management; guardianship.

🔗 Détails

Formes du mot

dénombrable / indénombrable Pluriel: oversights

Collocations

under the oversight ofprovide oversightcongressional oversightregulatory oversightdue to an oversightan oversight on my part

Dérivés

overseeoverseer

Synonymes

errormistakeomissionblundersupervisionsurveillance

Antonymes

attentioncare

Souvent confondus

oversee

EN: 'Oversee' is the verb meaning to supervise; 'oversight' is the noun form, which can mean either supervision or a failure to notice something.

fr: 'Oversee' est le verbe signifiant superviser ; 'oversight' est la forme nominale, qui peut signifier soit la supervision, soit l'omission de remarquer quelque chose.

oversite

EN: 'Oversite' is a common misspelling; the correct spelling is 'oversight' with a 'g'.

fr: 'Oversite' est une faute d'orthographe courante ; l'orthographe correcte est 'oversight' avec un 'g'.

Conseils d'orthographe

EN: Note that 'oversight' has two nearly opposite meanings: a mistake/failure to notice (countable) and supervision/management (uncountable). Context determines which is intended.

fr: Notez que 'oversight' a deux significations presque opposées : une erreur/l'absence de remarque (comptable) et une supervision/gestion (non comptable). Le contexte détermine laquelle est entendue.

💬 Exemples

Congress has oversight responsibility for the intelligence agencies.

Le Congrès a la responsabilité de superviser les agences de renseignement.
The error was due to an oversight on the part of the accounting department.

L'erreur était due à une négligence du service comptable.
From the hilltop, there was a fine oversight of the entire valley.

Depuis le sommet de la colline, on avait une belle vue surplombant toute la vallée.
The board of directors has oversight over all major financial decisions.

Le conseil d'administration a la supervision de toutes les décisions financières majeures.
The absence of a safety clause in the contract was a serious oversight.

L'absence d'une clause de sécurité dans le contrat était un grave oubli.
The children were placed under the oversight of their grandmother.

Les enfants ont été placés sous la surveillance de leur grand-mère.