Meanings
adjectiveoversite (not comparable)
- not comparablebusinessLaid over the ground, or built above an existing site.
The new station entrance on Cannon Street shortly after completion of the roof on September 12, and how it will look once opened and with oversite development in 2022.
2019 October 23, RAIL, page 70, image caption
nounoversite (plural oversites)
plural oversites
- businessA layer of concrete underneath the ground floor of a building, as a seal
- businessAn oversite slab, a slab on grade, a flat, solid layer of concrete laid over prepared ground, usually serving as a base for flooring or for pouring the reinforced concrete floor slab (base plate).
Origin
Translations
German Sauberkeitsschicht, Unterbeton
- Sauberkeitsschichta first (thin) protective layer of concrete underneath the flooring or floor slab
- Unterbetona first (thin) protective layer of concrete underneath the flooring or floor slab
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APA
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MLA
“oversite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversite.
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