overlook

o-ver-look · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (verb) To fail to notice or consider something.

  2. 2.

    (verb) To have a view of something from above.

  3. 3.

    (verb) To choose to ignore or forgive a fault or offense.

  4. 4.

    (noun) A place from which a scene can be viewed.

Related words

Antonyms: notice, observe
See also: ignore, miss, view
Synonyms: disregard, ignore, miss

Etymology

From Middle English overloken, from over + loken ("to look"). The sense of "fail to notice" developed from the idea of looking over something without seeing it.