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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a high place affording a good view;


VERB (5)

1. look past, fail to notice;

2. be oriented in a certain direction;
- Example: "The house looks out on a tennis court"
- Example: "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
[syn: look out on, look out over, overlook, look across]

3. leave undone or leave out;
- Example: "How could I miss that typo?"
- Example: "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap]

4. look down on;
- Example: "The villa dominates the town"
[syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop]

5. watch over;
- Example: "I am overlooking her work"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overlook \O`ver*look"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlooking.] 1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to be situated above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the marketplace. "The pile o'erlooked the town." --Dryden. [1913 Webster +PJC] [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter. [1913 Webster] 3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] 5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; to fail to notice; to fail to observe; as, to overlook a mistake in addition; to overlook a missing bolt. [1913 Webster +PJC] 6. Hence: To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault, error, or misdeed). [1913 Webster +PJC] The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. --Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. ) [1913 Webster] They overlook truth in the judgments they pass. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] The pardoning and overlooking of faults. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overlook n 1: a high place affording a good view v 1: look past, fail to notice 2: be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson" [syn: look out on, look out over, overlook, look across] 3: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart] 4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop] 5: watch over; "I am overlooking her work"