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OVERLOOK
overlook
(noun) a high place affording a good view
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
overlook
(verb) watch over; “I am overlooking her work”
overlook
(verb) look past, fail to notice
dominate, command, overlook, overtop
(verb) look down on; “The villa dominates the town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
overlook (plural overlooks)
A vista or point that gives a beautiful view.
Verb
overlook (third-person singular simple present overlooks, present participle overlooking, simple past and past participle overlooked)
To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
Synonyms: misheed, Thesaurus:fail to notice
To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
Synonyms: take no notice of, Thesaurus:ignore
(dated) To look down upon (something) from a place that is over or above.
(archaic) To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
(archaic) To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
(archaic) To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
Synonyms: scrutinize, Thesaurus:examine
(archaic) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
Anagrams
• look over, lookover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*look", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlooking.]
1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. Shak.
2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.
3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." Shak. The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. Roscommon.
4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak. If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die. C. Kingsley.
5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. ) They overlook truth in the judgments they pass. Atterbury. The pardoning and overlooking of faults. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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