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Webster 1828 Edition
Overlook
OVERLOOK'
, v.t.1.
To view from a higher place; applied to persons; as, to stand on a hill and overlook a city.2.
To stand in a more elevated place, or to rise so high as to afford the means of looking down on; applied to things. The tower overlooked the town.3.
To see from behind or over the shoulder of another; to see from a higher position; as, to overlook a paper when one is writing.4.
To view fully; to peruse.5.
To inspect; to superintend; to oversee; implying care and watchfulness.He was present in person to overlook the magistrates.
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To review; to examine a second time or with care.The time and care that are required to overlook, and file and polish well.
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To pass by indulgently; to excuse; not to punish or censure; as, to overlook faults.8.
To neglect; to slight.They overlook truth in the judgment they pass on adversity and prosperity.
Definition 2024
overlook
overlook
English
Indigenous people overlooking Quito, Ecuador
Noun
overlook (plural overlooks)
- A vista or point that gives a beautiful view.
Translations
vista or point
Verb
overlook (third-person singular simple present overlooks, present participle overlooking, simple past and past participle overlooked)
- 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.
- to overlook a valley from a hill
- Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly.
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter
- To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
- To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.
- To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
Translations
to look down upon from a place that is over or above
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hence: to supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly
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to inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly
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to look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate
to fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it
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to pretend not to have noticed; to pass over without censure or punishment
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External links
- overlook in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- overlook in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911