overlook
part of speech
verb (overlook, overlooks, overlooked, overlooking); noun (an overlook — US, a viewpoint)
meaning for a pupil
1) To overlook something is to fail to notice it or to miss it. tree →
2) To overlook a mistake is to forgive it or decide not to punish it. tree →
3) If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see that place from it, from above. tree →
4) (US) An overlook is a high place where you stop to look at a view. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and checking work: «don't overlook the units» means don't miss them. In everyday life it can mean kindly ignoring a small fault. In stories and descriptions of places it shows what can be seen from a window or hill.
examples
- Don't overlook the small print. tree →
- I overlooked one question on the test. tree →
- The teacher overlooked my late homework this time. tree →
- Our flat overlooks the park. tree →
- The castle overlooks the whole valley. tree →
- We stopped at a scenic overlook on the drive. tree →
- It's easy to overlook a decimal point. tree →
- Please overlook my messy writing. tree →
- He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings. tree →
note
Regular verb. Careful: «overlook» means MISS, while «oversee» means watch over and «look over» means check. A common trap: «overlook» does not mean to look carefully. In maths word problems, overlooking a step or unit leads to a wrong answer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «overlook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.