overlook
verb
1. look past, fail to notice
Definition categories: perception, lose, miss
2. be oriented in a certain direction
- The apartment overlooks the Hudson
Definition categories: stative, lie
3. leave undone or leave out
Similar word(s): drop, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit
Definition categories: cognition
4. look down on
Similar word(s): command, dominate, overtop
Definition categories: stative, lie
5. watch over
- I am overlooking her work
Definition categories: perception, survey
Sentences with overlook as a verb:
- to overlook a valley from a hill
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter