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