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Overlook

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To look over or at from a higher place.

v. To rise above, especially so as to afford a view over: The tower overlooks the sea.

v. To fail to notice or consider; miss.

v. To ignore deliberately or indulgently; disregard.

v. To look over; examine.

v. To watch over; oversee. See Synonyms at supervise.

n. An elevated place that affords an extensive view: a scenic overlook.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. 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

v. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly

v. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

v. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

v. To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.

v. To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to be situated above, so as to command a view of.

v. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly

v. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

v. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

v. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; to fail to notice; to fail to observe.

v. To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault, error, or misdeed).

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To look over; view from a higher place; see from a higher position.

To rise or be elevated above; rise so high as to afford the means of looking down on.

To view fully; look over; peruse; read.

To keep an eye on; inspect; superintend; oversee; care for or watch over.

To look beyond or by so as to fail to see, or so as to disregard or neglect; pay no attention to; disregard; hence, to pass over indulgently; excuse; forbear to punish or censure.

To bewitch by looking on; confound; unsettle.

n. A strong-growing leguminous twining plant of the tropics, Canavalia ensiformis.

A coined word used in the textile and other similar trades to describe a stitch made by a sewing-machine which, on the cut edge of a single thickness of material, or in joining the edges of two pieces of material, makes covering stitches which conceal the otherwise projecting thread-ends, and at the same time locks the stitches so as to give strength to the artificial selvage or seam thus made; also applied to the machine which makes this artificial selvage or over-seam.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. look down on

n. a high place affording a good view

v. be oriented in a certain direction

v. look past, fail to notice

v. watch over

v. leave undone or leave out

Word Usage

"What most individuals tend to overlook is the fact that even the walls offer a great way of expanding their storage options."

Verb Form

overlooked overlooking overlooks

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

topographic point place spot lie lose

Cross Reference

examine ignore excuse miss oversee

Hyponym

Passover skip forget skip over jump

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

inspect examine fascinate

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