Overlook

Quick meaning: Overlook is a noun meaning A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

Meaning

A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

More Meanings

1. To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
2. To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
3. To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
4. To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
5. (archaic) To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
6. (archaic) To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
7. (archaic) To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

Example Sentences

Our hotel room overlooks the lake.

These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.

[…] she saw a figure standing by the rail of the balcony that overlooked the backyard.

We are more apt to over-look in any subject, what is trivial, than what appears of considerable moment […]

Word Forms

• overlooks
• overlooking
• overlooked

Synonyms for overlook

Depending on context, synonyms include misheed, ignore, misregard, miss, overpass, oversee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include command, overtop, dominate, overleap, omit, miss.

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