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overlook

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/noun, verb3 syllables

Overlook means: leave undone or leave out.

Synonyms for overlook28

verb, as in leave undone or leave out

neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overleap

verb, as in be oriented in a certain direction

look out on, look out over, look across

verb, as in look down on

dominate, command, overtop

also used for overlook

misheed, ignore, misregard, overpass, oversee, take no notice of, brush off, discount, disregard, dissemble, despise, survey, look over, luster, lustrate

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What does overlook mean?6

verb

1

leave undone or leave out“How could I miss that typo?”

2

be oriented in a certain direction“The house looks out on a tennis court”

3

look down on“The villa dominates the town”

4

look past, fail to notice

5

watch over“I am overlooking her work”

noun

1

a high place affording a good view

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Overlook in a sentence

  • How could you overlook that, with your experience?frpzzd
  • I'll overlook it this time, but don't let it happen again.sharptoothed
  • If one pays attention to one mistake, one most often overlooks the others.carlosalberto
  • They often overlook the value of patience and perseverance.Nuel
  • You can't overlook the fact that this project is over budget.Nuel
  • You may as well overlook his sins and forgive him.unknown
  • Shouldn't you overlook his indiscretions and forgive him?CM
  • This kind of mistake is easy to overlook.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of overlook

as a noun

plural
overlooks

as a verb

past tense
overlooked
present participle
overlooking
third-person singular
overlooks
past participle
overlooked