OVERLOOK

• (noun) a high place affording a good view

• (verb) leave undone or leave out

  "How could I miss that typo?", "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

  synonyms : drop , leave out , miss , neglect , omit , overleap , pretermit

• (verb) watch over

  "I am overlooking her work"

• (verb) look past, fail to notice

• (verb) look down on

  "The villa dominates the town"

  synonyms : command , dominate , overtop

• (verb) be oriented in a certain direction

  "The house looks out on a tennis court", "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"

  synonyms : look across , look out on , look out over

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