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Overlook

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.

  • To overlook a valley from a hill

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The word 'overlook' is a perfectly acceptable and frequently used word in written English.
It can be used as a verb to mean 'to fail to notice or pay attention to something', 'to watch over', or 'to look down on something from a higher position'. For example, "The professor overlooked the student's mistake on the exam."

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All the restaurants overlook the pool and private cove, and from there pretty walkways lead to the rooms, all of which look out on to the lagoon and the ocean beyond.

Happily, Football Focus's charming anchor, Dan Walker, is willing to overlook my sporting ignorance when he joins me for a chat and a biscuit in one of several BBC outside broadcast trucks situated in Villa's car park.

Despite the replacements' solid play, it's impossible to overlook RSL's level of opposition.

Officials at the Inland Revenue were reportedly ordered to overlook irregularities in claims for tax credits in order to boost take-up of the flagship scheme.

All but one of the 20 rooms overlook the Med from their geranium-fringed balconies.

First-round opponent: [Q] Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) McHale is so quiet that it's to overlook both her struggles the last couple of seasons and her recent uptick in form.

The "ugly caterpillars", as some Mumbaikars call them, block views from houses that overlook the skywalk and impinge on their privacy.

"He does not openly support jihadism, of course, but does attack its critics and rationalise or wilfully overlook some of its excesses.

She was served by the most formidable spin machine we have seen and aided by outriders who were happy to overlook the ruinous effect of many of her policies because they admired her style and ideology.

Balconies overlook the sea, with beaches and the streets of Galle a short walk away.

Carr strongly rejected the suggestion of bigotry: "I have been historically a very strong friend of Israel … To say I am a bigot really does overlook my association with Jewish causes over the years … To throw around the word 'bigot' means that when there is a genuine case of bigotry the description rings less true".

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