OVERLOOK

/əʊvəˈlʊk/ ► audio Scrabble 15 Words With Friends 17

Definition

  1. noun a high place affording a good view.
  2. verb look past, fail to notice.
  3. verb be oriented in a certain direction. — synonyms: look_out_on, look_out_over, look_across
  4. verb leave undone or leave out. — synonyms: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave_out, overleap
  5. verb look down on. — synonyms: dominate, command, overtop
  6. verb watch over.

Examples

  • “Our hotel room overlooks the lake.”
  • “These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.”
  • “I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.”

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