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Overlook

verb

(past & past part. overlooked; pres. part. overlooking)

Look past, fail to notice.

Be oriented in a certain direction. Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over. "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"

Leave undone or leave out. Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit. "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

Look down on. Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop.

Watch over.

noun

A high place affording a good view.

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"Overlook" Quotes from Famous Books

... overlook this clause when their Lord was gone into heaven; they went first to them of Jerusalem, and preached Christ's gospel to them; they abode also there for a season and time, and preached it to nobody else, for they had regard to the commandment of their Lord. And it is to be ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... and even overrating the effects of crossing the various breeds, do not sufficiently regard the probability of the occasional birth, during the course of centuries, of birds with abnormal and hereditary peculiarities; they overlook the effects of correlation of growth—of the long-continued use and disuse of parts, and of some direct result from changed food and climate, though on this latter head I have found no sufficient evidence; and lastly, they all, ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin

... something I knew nothing about. D'you see? Prison. Never mind the details. When I came out of prison I was going downhill as fast as a barrel; and then I saw an advertisement of Templecombe's for a skipper. I saw him, and told him all about myself; and he agreed to overlook my little time in prison if I signed on with him to look after this yacht. Now you see I haven't got a very good record. I've been in prison; and I've lived with three women; and I've got no prospects except that I'm a good sailor and know my job. But I never did ...

— Nocturne • Frank Swinnerton

... moment Lady Howel hesitated. After a little reflection, she decided that it was her duty to trust her excellent husband. "I will receive the charming widow," she said, "to-morrow at twelve o'clock; and, if she produces the right impression, I promise to overlook the ...

— Little Novels • Wilkie Collins

... had a boat lowered, but whilst in the act of so doing the treacherous smuggling craft recommenced firing. It was a cowardly thing to do, for Reymas, their own captain, had particularly asked the Badger's commander to forgive them and overlook what they had done, whilst other members of the crew cried out to the same effect. This had caused a cessation of fire for about five minutes, and was only reopened by the smugglers' treachery. One of the Badger's mariners named William Cullum, was in consequence shot dead by a musket ...

— King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 • E. Keble Chatterton

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