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
You’ve been to college, but she’ll overlook that.”
Sometimes a mother would push her cub far out into the moonlight to be sure that he had not been overlooked.
As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable, and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive branch.
But, perhaps,” added he, stopping in his walk, and turning towards her, “these offences might have been overlooked, had not your pride been hurt by my honest confession of the scruples that had long prevented my forming any serious design.
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