OVERLOOK


Meaning of OVERLOOK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)lʊk ]

( overlooks, overlooking, overlooked)

1.

If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see the place clearly from the building or window.

Pretty and comfortable rooms overlook a flower-filled garden...

VERB : V n

2.

If you overlook a fact or problem, you do not notice it, or do not realize how important it is.

We overlook all sorts of warning signals about our own health.

VERB : V n

3.

If you overlook someone’s faults or bad behaviour, you forgive them and take no action.

...satisfying relationships that enable them to overlook each other’s faults.

VERB : V n

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