overlook

  • (noun): A vista or point that gives a beautiful view.
  • (verb): To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
  • (verb): To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
  • (verb): To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
  • (verb): To look down upon (something) from a place that is over or above.
  • (verb): To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
  • (verb): To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
  • (verb): To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
  • (verb): To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
  • Our hotel room overlooks the lake.
  • These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.
  • I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.
  • to overlook a valley from a hill
  • to overlook a gang of laborers