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overlook
(,/oU/v/@/r'l/U/k )

noun (n)

  • a high place affording a good view(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • look past, fail to notice(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • be oriented in a certain direction(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The apartment overlooks the Hudson.
    Synonym:
    look across, look out on, look out over
    source: wordnet30
  • leave undone or leave out(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit
    Antonym:
    attend to, take to heart
    source: wordnet30
  • look down on(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    command, dominate, overtop
    source: wordnet30
  • watch over(verb.perception)
    Example:
    I am overlooking her work.
    source: wordnet30
  • To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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