overlook meaning
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US WOverlook
- An overlook or scenic overlook (also called an observation point, lookout, viewpoint, viewing point, or vista point) is a high place where people can gather to view scenery (often with binoculars), and to photograph it.
- Overlooks are frequently found in national parks, and in the U.S. along national parkways such as the Blue Ridge Parkway, which has numerous individually named overlooks for viewing the Blue Ridge Mountains and its valleys.
- Many overlooks are accessible only by trails and boardwalk-like walkways and stairs. This is typical in very ecologically sensitive areas.
- NounPLoverlooksPREover-
- VerbSGoverlooksPRoverlookingPT, PPoverlooked
- 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
- Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly.
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter
- To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
- To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.
- To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
- 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.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Open since 1972, the resort overlooks the northwestern shore of Lake Tahoe and has 89 mostly intermediate trails on its 2,904 acres, as well as a 420-foot superpipe and eight terrain parks.
- Fortunately for the noncampers, half of the hotel rooms overlook the seaside stage, making attendance almost automatic, and very convenient in bad weather.
- Some individuals have overlooked the fact that at such low pitch their voices fade to inaudibility at the ends of sentences, or scrape down to vocal fry.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of overlook in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Prefixes
- Words by prefix
- Words prefixed with over-
- Words prefixed with over-
- Words by prefix
- Prefixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Morphemes
- en overlooks
- en overlooked
- en overlooker
- en overlookers
- en overlooking
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "overlook" is a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.