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Overlook (noun)
A vista or point that gives a beautiful view.
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Overlook (verb)
To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
“Our hotel room overlooks the lake.”
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Overlook (verb)
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
“These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.”
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Overlook (verb)
To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
“I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.”
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Overlook (verb)
To look down upon (something) from a place that is over or above.
“to overlook a valley from a hill”
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Overlook (verb)
To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
“to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter”
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Overlook (verb)
To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
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Overlook (verb)
To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
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Overlook (verb)
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. en
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Mislook (verb)
To sin by looking.
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Mislook (verb)
To look unfavorably on.
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Mislook (verb)
To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
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Mislook (verb)
To look incorrectly or amiss.
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Mislook (noun)
Sinful looking.
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Overlook (verb)
fail to notice
“he seems to have overlooked one important fact”
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Overlook (verb)
ignore or disregard (something, especially a fault or offence)
“she was more than ready to overlook his faults”
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Overlook (verb)
pass over (someone) in favour of another
“he was overlooked by the Nobel committee”
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Overlook (verb)
have a view of from above
“the chateau overlooks fields of corn and olive trees”
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Overlook (verb)
(of a place) be open to view and so lack privacy
“it’s better if the property isn’t overlooked”
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Overlook (verb)
supervise
“he was overlooking his harvest men”
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Overlook (verb)
bewitch with the evil eye
“they told them they were overlooked by some unlucky Person”
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Overlook (noun)
a commanding position or view
“the overlook to the townsite”