OVERLOOK
Dictionary entry overview: What does overlook mean?
• OVERLOOK (noun)
The noun OVERLOOK has 1 sense:
1. a high place affording a good view
Familiarity information: OVERLOOK used as a noun is very rare.
• OVERLOOK (verb)
The verb OVERLOOK has 5 senses:
1. look past, fail to notice
2. be oriented in a certain direction
3. leave undone or leave out
4. look down on
5. watch over
Familiarity information: OVERLOOK used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERLOOK (noun)
Meaning:
A high place affording a good view
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("overlook" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
• OVERLOOK (verb)
Meaning:
Look past, fail to notice
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "overlook" is one way to...):
lose; miss (fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be oriented in a certain direction
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
look across; look out on; look out over; overlook
Context examples:
The house looks out on a tennis court / The apartment overlooks the Hudson
Hypernyms (to "overlook" is one way to...):
lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Leave undone or leave out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
neglect; leave out; omit; pretermit; overleap; overlook; miss; drop
Context examples:
How could I miss that typo? / The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overlook"):
forget (forget to do something)
jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Look down on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
overtop; command; dominate; overlook
Context example:
The villa dominates the town
Hypernyms (to "overlook" is one way to...):
lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overlook"):
dwarf; overshadow; shadow (make appear small by comparison)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Watch over
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
I am overlooking her work
Hypernyms (to "overlook" is one way to...):
survey (look over in a comprehensively, inspect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
