Synonyms:
overlook
Meaning: a high place affording a good view
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
overlook
Meaning: look past, fail to notice
Synonyms:
look_out_on, look_out_over, overlook, look_across
Meaning: be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
Synonyms:
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave_out, overlook, overleap
Meaning: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Usage examples
Her attentive watch does not make her overlook her meals.
It was a hint which no man with an atom of self-respect could overlook.
"I suppose he hoped I would think his altered looks might induce me to overlook any lack of resemblance to Bernard."
We overlook the fact that in growth there is ground to be covered between an initial stage of process and the completing period; that there is something intervening.
Though we give the preference to that which has been found most usual, and believe that this effect will exist, we must not overlook the other effects, but must assign to each of them a particular weight and authority, in proportion as we have found it to be more or less frequent.
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