overlooking
Meaning of overlooking
verb
- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
Our hotel room overlooks the lake.
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.
- To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.
- To look down upon (something) from a place that is over or above.
to overlook a valley from a hill
- To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
to overlook a gang of laborers
- To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
- To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
- To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
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Hyphenation of overlooking
over-look-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- overlooking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
overlooking synonyms
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