Oversight

//ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt//

Synonyms for "oversight" (144 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (43)

Related words (72)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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has context

1 entries

is a

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related to

7 entries

Translations

59 translations across 20 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀγνόημα noun (omission)
  • ἔποψις noun (supervision)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • надзор noun (supervision)
  • недоглеждане noun (omission)
  • пропуск noun (omission)

Catalan

3 entries
  • descuit noun (omission)
  • oblit noun (omission)
  • supervisió noun (supervision)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 疏忽 noun (omission)
  • 監督 /监督 noun (supervision)

Czech

1 entries
  • přehlédnutí noun (omission)

Dutch

3 entries
  • onachtzaamheid noun (omission)
  • toezicht noun (supervision)
  • vergetelheid noun (omission)

French

1 entries
  • oubli noun (omission)

Galician

2 entries
  • descoido noun (omission)
  • esquezo noun (omission)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ზედამხედველობა noun (supervision)
  • ხარვეზი noun (omission)

German

3 entries
  • Aufsicht noun (supervision)
  • Versehen noun (omission)
  • Überblick noun (overview)

Greek

1 entries
  • αβλεψία noun (omission)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elnézés noun (omission)
  • felügyelet noun (supervision)
  • figyelmetlenség noun (omission)
  • tévedés noun (omission)

Italian

2 entries
  • supervisione noun (supervision)
  • svista noun (omission)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • превид noun (omission)

Old English

1 entries
  • unġīemen noun (omission)

Polish

3 entries
  • nadzór noun (supervision)
  • niedopatrzenie noun (omission)
  • przeoczenie noun (omission)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • acompanhamento noun (supervision)
  • chefia noun (supervision)
  • descuido noun (omission)
  • monitoração noun (supervision)

Russian

3 entries
  • контро́ль noun (supervision)
  • надзо́р noun (supervision)
  • недосмо́тр noun (omission)

Spanish

4 entries
  • descuido noun (omission)
  • equivocación noun (omission)
  • error noun (omission)
  • fallo noun (omission)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förbiseende noun (omission)
  • försummelse noun (omission)
  • granskning noun (supervision)
  • inspektion noun (supervision)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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If an oversight is the reason why you have not paid, please send us the amount due, and let us solve the problem immediately.

Source: tatoeba (30856)

If the delay is simply an oversight, will you please take care of it at once?

Source: tatoeba (30987)

It was simply an oversight.

Source: tatoeba (42232)

There is big oversight in that plan.

Source: tatoeba (48555)

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