how to pronounce oversight

/ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/

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oversight is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of oversight in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… is some kind of oversight oversight …”

meaning of oversight

Oversight means the act of overlooking or neglecting something.

oversight frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word oversight occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics oversight can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that oversight can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;