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1. (v.t.) overlook
to fail to notice or consider.
2. overlook
to disregard indulgently:
to overlook a child's pout.
3. overlook
to excuse; pardon.
4. overlook
to look over, as from a higher position.
5. overlook
to rise above, esp. so as to afford a view over.
6. overlook
to inspect or peruse.
7. overlook
to look after; supervise.
8. overlook
Archaic. to look upon with the evil eye; bewitch.
9. (n.) overlook
terrain that affords a good view of things below.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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1. (verb) overlook
a high place affording a good view
2. (verb) overlook
look past, fail to notice
3. (verb) look out on, look out over, overlook, look across
be oriented in a certain direction
"The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
4. (verb) neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
5. (verb) dominate, command, overlook, overtop
look down on
"The villa dominates the town"
6. (verb) overlook
watch over
"I am overlooking her work"
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1. (verb) overlook
to forget or fail to consider
You've overlooked a few important details.
2. overlook
to choose to ignore
I can overlook this kind of behavior once, but not twice.
3. overlook
to give a view from a higher place
The house overlooks the lake.
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Sense: to look down on
The house overlooked the river.
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 Afrikaans: uitkyk op/oor |
 Arabic: يُطِلُّ على، يُشْرِفُ |
 Bulgarian: издигам се |
 Brazilian: dominar |
 Czech: mít vyhlídku na |
 German: Aussicht gewähren auf |
 Danish: have udsigt over |
 Greek: έχω θέα προς, βλέπω προς |
 Spanish: tener vistas a, dar a |
 Estonian: ülalt vaatama |
 Farsi: مشرف و مسلط بودن |
 Finnish: olla jnk yllä |
 French: avoir vue sur, dominer |
 Hebrew: לְהַשקִיף אֶל- |
 Hindi: सामने होना |
 Croatian: gledati na |
 Hungarian: vmire néz |
 Indonesian: menghadap |
 Icelandic: sjá út yfir; gnæfa yfir |
 Italian: dare su |
 Japanese: 見おろす |
 Korean: …이 내려다보이다 |
 Lithuanian: langais išeiti į |
 Latvian: (no mājas) pavērties skat |
 Malay: dapat melihat |
 Dutch: uitzien op |
 Norwegian: se ut over, vende ut mot |
 Polish: wychodzić na |
 Persian: مشرف و مسلط بودن |
 Pashto: مشرف كيدل |
 Portuguese: dominar |
 Romanian: a avea vedere spre; a dom |
 Russian: смотреть на |
 Slovak: mať výhľad na |
 Slovenian: gledati na |
 Serbian: gledati na |
 Swedish: ha utsiktöver |
 Thai: มองลงไปเห็น |
 Turkish: ...-e/a yukarıdan bakmak |
 Taiwanese: 俯瞰 |
 Ukrainian: дивитися згори |
 Urdu: بلند جگہ سے ديکھنا |
 Vietnamese: trông xuống |
 Chinese: 俯瞰 |
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