OVERLOOK


Meaning of OVERLOOK in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English overloken, from over (I) + loken to look

1. : to look over or through : inspect , survey , peruse

took down a map and overlooked it — Eileen Duggan

most good modern authors, which I have never even overlooked — Arnold Bennett

2.

a. obsolete : to regard as inferior or low : slight

b. : to look down upon from a place that is over or above : look over or view from a higher position

do not like living near water, and prefer not to be overlooked — G.W.B.Huntingford

c. : to rise above or afford a view of : overtop

a house overlooking the Pacific — Current Biography

deep-blue water, overlooked by seven volcanoes — Norman Zimmern

a tower overlooking the city — New York Times

3.

a. : to look over and beyond so as to fail to see : miss or omit in looking : fail to notice

which would otherwise be entirely overlooked, may be seen at night with a flashlight — Boy Scout Handbook

whose sharpened senses overlook nothing — Richard Semon

b. : to fail to take due note of : pass over : ignore , disregard

hungry enough to overlook my scruples — Frank O'Leary

the editor cannot overlook the problem — Bruce Westley

c. : to pass over without censure or punishment : excuse

decided to overlook the blank paper he turned in for Latin — Current Biography

minor misdemeanors may sometimes be overlooked — Punch

4. : to watch over : supervise , oversee

sent … as her envoy to overlook the conduct of the Kalmucks — Thomas De Quincey

5. : to look on with the evil eye : bewitch by looking on

a baby that has been overlooked will begin to pine away — F.G.Cassidy

Synonyms: see neglect

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : an act of overlooking ; specifically : oversight

a slight overlook on my part

2. : a place from which one may look down upon a scene below

plenty of overlooks and trails — Thelma H. Bell

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.