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OVERLOOK

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• forget
• jump, pass over, skip, skip over
• shadow, overshadow, dwarf

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