Dictionary Entry
overlook
overlook is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
- 4transitive verb
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
- 5transitive verb
To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.
- 6noun
a high place affording a good view
- 7verb
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
- 8verb
watch over
"I am overlooking her work"
- 9verb
look past, fail to notice
- 10verb
look down on
"The villa dominates the town"
- 11verb
be oriented in a certain direction
"The house looks out on a tennis court"
"The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
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