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overlook
[ verb oh-ver-look; noun oh-ver-look ]
verb (used with object)
- to fail to notice, perceive, or consider:
to overlook a misspelled word.
Synonyms: miss
- to disregard or ignore indulgently, as faults or misconduct:
Only a parent could overlook that kind of behavior.
- to look over, as from a higher position:
a balcony that overlooks the ballroom.
- to afford a view over; look down or out upon:
a hill overlooking the sea.
- to rise above:
The Washington Monument overlooks the tidal basin.
a minor infraction we can overlook this time.
- to look over in inspection, examination, or perusal:
They allowed us to overlook the proposed contract.
- to look after, oversee, or supervise:
She has to overlook a large number of employees.
- Archaic. to look upon with the evil eye; bewitch.
noun
- terrain, as on a cliff, that affords an attractive vista or a good view:
Miles of landscape could be seen from the overlook.
overlook
verb
- to fail to notice or take into account
- to disregard deliberately or indulgently
- to look at or over from above
the garden is overlooked by the prison
- to afford a view of from above
the house overlooks the bay
- to rise above
- to look after
- to look at carefully
- to bewitch or cast the evil eye upon (someone)
noun
- a high place affording a view
- an act of overlooking
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Example Sentences
As Philadelphia’s Baun reminded people around the league, sometimes it’s the player most everyone overlooks who makes the monumental impact.
“Kuma is with us and doing great and loves, loves taking walks on the cliffs overlooking the Irish sea,” O’Donnell said.
Prof Silvia Sardinha is a wildlife vet and researcher at a university animal hospital that overlooks the site of the new highway.
Does this indicate a gap in information access, selective engagement or a tendency to overlook certain actions in favour of broader nationalist sentiment?
It’s in a new building, furnished and has a second-floor deck that overlooks a school.
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