overlook
/ˈoʊvəɹˌlʊk/ verb B2- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position. · Our hotel room overlooks the lake.
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it. · These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.
- 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.
- To look down upon from above or from a higher location. · The hill overlooks the valley.
He/she/it overlooks · Past overlooked · Past participle overlooked · -ing form overlooking
Verb forms
- Base form
- overlook
- He/she/it
- overlooks
- Past
- overlooked
- Past participle
- overlooked
- -ing form
- overlooking
From the library
Gregson,” he said, “I have just made a discovery of the highest importance, and one which would have been overlooked had I not made a careful examination of the walls.”
“This was overlooked because it was in the darkest corner of the room, and no one thought of looking there.
Sometimes a mother would push her cub far out into the moonlight to be sure that he had not been overlooked.
I hope he will overlook it.
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