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# overlook

verb (overlook, overlooks, overlooked, overlooking); noun (an overlook — US, a viewpoint)

«overlook» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To overlook something is to fail to notice it or to miss it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#m1)
2. To overlook a mistake is to forgive it or decide not to punish it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#m2)
3. If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see that place from it, from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#m3)
4. (US) An overlook is a high place where you stop to look at a view. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x1)
- I overlooked one question on the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x2)
- The teacher overlooked my late homework this time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x3)
- Our flat overlooks the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x4)
- The castle overlooks the whole valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x5)
- We stopped at a scenic overlook on the drive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x6)
- It's easy to overlook a decimal point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x7)
- Please overlook my messy writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x8)
- He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/#x9)

### 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.

## In Jewish tradition

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

- In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overlook/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overlook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overlook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overlook.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «overlook» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overlook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overlook» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/overlook.html) on Mova free.