o·ver·look /ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/
1. a high place affording a good view
synset: overlook
synset: overlook
2. be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
synset: look_out_on, look_out_over, overlook, look_across
3. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
synset: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave_out, overlook, overleap
antonym: attend_to, take_to_heart
4. look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
synset: dominate, command, overlook, overtop
5. watch over; "I am overlooking her work"
synset: overlook
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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