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Overlook

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Noun

1. overlook

a high place affording a good view

Verb

2. overlook

look past, fail to notice

3. look across, look out on, look out over, overlook

be oriented in a certain direction

Example Sentences:
'The house looks out on a tennis court'
'The apartment overlooks the Hudson'

4. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit

leave undone or leave out

Example Sentences:
'How could I miss that typo?'
'The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten'

5. command, dominate, overlook, overtop

look down on

Example Sentences:
'The villa dominates the town'

6. overlook

watch over

Example Sentences:
'I am overlooking her work'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overlook

see synonyms of overlook
verb (ˌəʊvəˈlʊk ) (transitive)
1. 
to fail to notice or take into account
2. 
to disregard deliberately or indulgently
3. 
to look at or over from above
the garden is overlooked by the prison
4. 
to afford a view of from above
the house overlooks the bay
5. 
to rise above
6. 
to look after
7. 
to look at carefully
8. 
to bewitch or cast the evil eye upon (someone)
noun (ˈəʊvəˌlʊk ) US
9. 
a high place affording a view
10. 
an act of overlooking

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Overlook

see synonyms of overlook
noun US
8. 
a height from which to view surroundings
verb transitive
1. 
to look at from above
2. 
to give a view of from above
3. 
to rise above; overtop
4. 
a. 
to look over or beyond and not see; fail to notice
b. 
to ignore; neglect
5. 
to pass over indulgently; excuse
6. 
a. 
to oversee; supervise
b.  Rare
to inspect; look over
7.  Archaic
to bewitch by looking at

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overlook

see synonyms of overlook
tr.v. o·ver·looked, o·ver·look·ing, o·ver·looks
1.
a. To look over or at from a higher place: We overlooked the valley from the cliff.
b. To afford a view over: The tower overlooks the sea.
2.
a. To fail to notice or consider; miss: Even the editor overlooked this error.
b. To ignore deliberately or indulgently; disregard: I'll overlook that remark if you leave now.
3. Archaic
a. To look over; examine: overlook a manuscript for errors.
b. To manage; supervise: overlook farm hands.
n. (ōvər-lk′)
An elevated place that affords an extensive view: a scenic overlook.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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