overlooko‧ver‧look /ˌəʊvəˈlʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 
It is easy to overlook a small detail like that. Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.2to forgive someone’s mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action: She found him entertaining enough to overlook his faults.3if a house, room etc overlooks something, it has a view of it, usually from above: Our room overlooks the ocean.
VERB TABLE
overlook
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | overlook |
| he, she, it | overlooks | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overlooked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overlooked |
| he, she, it | has overlooked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overlooked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overlook |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overlooked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am overlooking |
| he, she, it | is overlooking | |
| you, we, they | are overlooking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was overlooking |
| you, we, they | were overlooking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overlooking |
| he, she, it | has been overlooking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overlooking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overlooking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overlooking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.
- I'll overlook your mistake this time.
- Make a list of what you need to bring so you don't overlook anything.
- Mrs Johnson tends to overlook any small faults the girls may have.
- Thaden's restored house overlooks an alpine valley.
- The clerk must have overlooked your name, because he said you weren't here.
- The Hotel les Tipaniers, practically hidden between two much larger hotels, is easy to overlook but worth finding.
- They found some important evidence that the police had overlooked.
- Guessing that they had been overlooked, Murray senior tore up the one addressed to his father.
- He has moved into a new office in the Rayburn Building, one of the really nice second-floor ones overlooking the Capitol.
- I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe.
- The check is often overlooked in surveys of the history of the piano.
- The Hapless family were placed in a room which was staff accommodation, overlooking the kitchens.
- The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.
- We become obsessed with change and tend to overlook content.
Longman Language Activatorto ignore something bad, even though you know it is wrong
to ignore something wrong that someone has done, especially because it is unimportant: · I'll overlook your mistake this time.· Mrs Johnson tends to overlook any small faults the girls may have.· Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.
to decide not to punish or criticize someone for doing something wrong, although you might do so if they do it again: · I think they've broken the rules, but I'll let it pass.· Howard had insulted her, but she thought it better to let it pass this time.
if someone in authority turns a blind eye to illegal activity or bad behaviour, they ignore it and pretend they do not know about it: · If my sister did something wrong my mother always turned a blind eye.· The guards turned a blind eye when the prisoners stole food from the kitchen.turn a blind eye to: · The President could no longer turn a blind eye to the indiscretions of his Chief of Staff.
to ignore something and pretend it does not exist because it is unpleasant or difficult to deal with: · The officials in charge of the Chernobyl power station had shut their eyes to the danger.· Of course, it is tempting to criticize other countries and close your eyes to all the problems of your own society.
to ignore an unpleasant situation and hope it will stop if you try not to think about it: · You'll never solve your problems if you just bury your head in the sand -- you have to face them.
to not notice something · "Does Alex like your new hairstyle?" "He didn't even notice."· I saw Mike in town but he didn't notice me.not notice (that) · He was so wrapped up in his studying that he didn't notice that the phone was ringing.· She didn't notice her jewelry box was missing until after the police had left.not notice how/who/what etc · We were so busy we didn't notice how late it was.
to not notice something because it is difficult to see: · She missed the exit and had to turn around.· Jo spotted a mistake that everyone else had missed.· It's easy to miss the entrance - the sign is hidden behind a tree.
to not notice something because you have not been careful enough: · They found some important evidence that the police had overlooked.· Make a list of what you need to bring so you don't overlook anything.it's easy to overlook somebody/something: · The Hotel les Tipaniers, practically hidden between two much larger hotels, is easy to overlook but worth finding.
written to not notice something, especially when this could have a serious result: · Atkinson failed to notice the car ahead of him was parked and drove straight into the back of it.· They were not prepared for his second heart attack, having failed to notice the warning signs.· There was a growing resentment among inmates which the prison authorities had either failed to notice or just ignored.
if a fact escapes somebody's notice , they do not notice it, especially when they should have noticed it: · This problem has completely escaped his notice.· I'm amazed that there are so many restaurants in Tucson that have completely escaped my notice over the years.
: go/pass/escape etc unnoticed happen without anyone noticing: · The death of the former movie star passed unnoticed.· There were a lot of people at the party, which made it easy for Gary to slip away unnoticed.· Gradual hearing loss often goes unnoticed until substantial damage is done.
secretly, without being seen: · The royal couple arrived unseen in an unmarked car.· He managed to creep out of the house unseen and slip out through the garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1to not notice something, or not see how important it is SYN miss: Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.· In one environment the reasons for behaving well are clear; in another they are easily overlooked and forgotten.· This may be easily overlooked because the slowed thought processes and loss of interest may be wrongly attributed to the disease itself.· But there are other consequences which are easily overlooked because they do not occur immediately.· I also began to listen and probe in informal research settings-the everyday situations that are rich with easily overlooked details.· Toolbar buttons are easily overlooked as they are less visible.· Here, the percentage of the population involved is much larger and can not be easily overlooked.· The lesion is known to be easily overlooked and unrecognised, rather than being rare.· You might recognize her by her kind and open face, a simplicity which you could easily overlook.
· And, in every presidential election, it is a neighborhood largely overlooked by pollsters, journalists and the candidates themselves.· For one simple and largely overlooked reason.
· The important role of the referees in improving the quality of published science is often overlooked.· This revolution is already happening, although it is often overlooked in the weekly tirades against the public schools.· But in this tranquil, often overlooked part of the country, the signs of outside intervention are clear.· The power of praise is often overlooked.· Joseph is so often overlooked, or forgotten when we look upon the scene of the nativity.· A proper floor plan for each room is often overlooked by residents.· The importance of spirituality in the modern period, however, is both remarkable and quite often overlooked.· Connors continued the preflight, showing me what he considered important and felt was often overlooked.
· Thirdly, there are certain aspects of mass communication which are sometimes overlooked in media education.· Clearly, then, extenuating factors such as the attraction of video stores and the ability to browse are sometimes overlooked.· An obvious point, perhaps, but one that is sometimes overlooked for the sake of explanatory convenience.
NOUN· I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe.· On this side of the street, where he was walking, was a cliff of elegant apartment houses overlooking the museum.
· The comfortable, traditionally furnished bedrooms all have a private balcony overlooking Positano.· There was a private balcony that overlooked a wide bend in the river that runs through Minsk.· Bedrooms are well-appointed and twins have a balcony overlooking the park.· And it was charming, small and cozy looking, sunburnt pink stucco with a second-floor balcony overlooking the narrow street.· Single rooms have no balcony and overlook the car park.· A champagne theme is suggested and repeated in the elaborate pewter railing that edges the second-floor balcony overlooking the bar.· The rooms are on two levels each with its own verandah or balcony overlooking the gardens and pool.· Arriving in Honolulu, I spent a night in a hotel room that opened on to a balcony overlooking tall palm trees.
· I have a beautiful house overlooking St Ives Bay.· It was perched on a small promontory to the east of the town, overlooking the bay.· The hotel is fully air-conditioned and boasts a terraced restaurant with views overlooking the bay.· It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.· Gorgeous location overlooking a quiet bay.· Sunnycliffe Hotel Sunnycliffe is indeed an appropriate name for this small hotel perched on a cliff overlooking the pretty bay of Woolacombe.· The restaurant overlooks the bay and in high season guests can dine on the terrace.
· We gathered at Bev's house overlooking Medicine Beach.· A lavish breakfast buffet, included in the room rate, is served on a patio overlooking the beach.· Rooms are available with magnificent sea views overlooking the beach and pier.· The comfortable lounge opens into the open plan bar area which overlooks the beach and sea, ideal for early evening drinks.· It has a small patio garden overlooking a sandy beach and a very attentive and friendly proprietor, Lynne Glennie.
· Drunk enough to relax and be hungry, Riker and I got a table overlooking the city.· Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch.· The visitors were lodged in the Tower Hotel, located on a mountain overlooking the capital city.· A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city.· It was a stark and modern slab overlooking the city, sporting a salubrious entrance with a brass-topped stairwell.· Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City.
· Sunnycliffe Hotel Sunnycliffe is indeed an appropriate name for this small hotel perched on a cliff overlooking the pretty bay of Woolacombe.· He flew low back to the highest part of the cliff overlooking the cove and took stance to see what appeared.· Perched high on a cliff overlooking the harbour.· It was perched on a rocky cliff overlooking a stone path to the sea some 40 feet below.
· However, we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways.· They overlook the fact that my colour will always be my badge.· Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact.· Some companies overlook the fact that the foreign exchange exposure arises when the sales contract is signed or the order accepted.· But they overlook the fact that, to the cat, they are huge and therefore psychologically overwhelming.· He was overlooking the fact that I had been living with Jean-Claude for more than three years.· Any other author and I might overlook the fact but now he has augmented his idleness with bad taste.
· It was a spacious room on the second floor of the house overlooking the garden.· You were on the forty-third floor overlooking Water Street.
· Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.· It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.· Here we ate a huge lunchtime bar meal in the garden, overlooking the dale and its daffodil fields.· It stands in three acres of garden, and overlooks the picturesque valley of Looe.· Round the back you would step out on to a paved patio, leading to a long garden overlooking a field.· It has a small patio garden overlooking a sandy beach and a very attentive and friendly proprietor, Lynne Glennie.· Rear rooms overlook the quiet gardens, front rooms overlook the lake and lively waterside cafés.
· Prices Rockley overlooks Poole harbour, renowned for windsurfing and sailing.· Staff offer efficient, unobtrusive service at the restaurant which overlooks the harbour.· It's bound to be in the fort, and that overlooks the harbour.· Now, in her seventies, she lives in Poole, overlooking the Harbour and Brownsea Island.· Perched high on a cliff overlooking the harbour.
· It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.· His imposing mausoleum on a hill overlooking Ankara is a shrine for newlyweds and vacationers.· But the greatest threat hanging over the inhabitants of Cubatoa is in the hills that overlook their polluted plain.· In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints.· The Church was built in 1845, outside Port Ellen, on a hill overlooking the village.· That evening we camped on a hill overlooking Beni Abbes.· He was sitting on a bench near the top of the hill, overlooking the throw-yourself-off bridge and the deep deep gorge.· This has a fine site, surmounting a hill in a park overlooking the busy, central Piata Unirii.
· The Church of the Pantanassa is particularly fine, sited on a hillside ledge overlooking the valley.· Thorn said that midsummer sunset was observed from a small platform on a steep hillside overlooking the stone.· The Tatry is just a little further off the High Street, situated on a wooded hillside overlooking Zakopane.· Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm.
· The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.· They pulled in before the big hotel that overlooked the park.· It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.
· Raeburn House A pleasant bar in a fine old house overlooking the Academy ground.· The Glen-Gery New York offices are in a nineteenth-century brick house, overlooking a tree-shaded courtyard.· I thought nothing of it, just that whoever closed the house up had overlooked it.· The den was on the first floor at the rear of the house, with windows overlooking the garden.· I have a beautiful house overlooking St Ives Bay.· On this side of the street, where he was walking, was a cliff of elegant apartment houses overlooking the museum.· The house overlooked Off-the-Wall, the break next door to Backdoor.
· Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake.· The remote Sylvan Lake Lodge overlooks a striking man-made lake and spruce forest.· The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake, where the view can truly be described as spectacular.· The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.· Instead we did the trail just south of Reykjahlid, climbing a lava mound overlooking the great lake.· It is an imposing hotel, set in extensive gardens and overlooking the lake and the Borromean islands.· Mungo reached the fence overlooking the lake and the barrow at 4.25.
· Another important consideration that should not be overlooked is the need to make a will.· Nor should catechetical programmes overlook the need to teach children and adolescents a proper and responsible use of the media.
· And, with the library intact, we survived in our offices overlooking the Palace garden.· Jim had forgotten to check his schedule yesterday before leaving the office and had overlooked the early-morning meeting.· Gareth Morgan, his deputy and confidante, waited for him in the large office with windows overlooking the City.
· I signed in; took the lift with a bored porter to my room, which was twin-bedded, overlooking the park.· Bedrooms are well-appointed and twins have a balcony overlooking the park.· Single rooms have no balcony and overlook the car park.· He has found her house, which overlooks a park.· They pulled in before the big hotel that overlooked the park.· The sitting-room was on the first floor, above the garage, with a picture window overlooking a small park.· The present Mr Richard Bethell now lives in the rectory sited behind the church, overlooking the park.
· However, this overlooks two points.
· All rooms overlook the pool area.· The rooms are on two levels each with its own verandah or balcony overlooking the gardens and pool.· Styled on the popular Parisian boulevard cafes, this delightful family restaurant overlooks the exotic lagoon-style pool.· Standard rooms have a mountain view but no balcony, while Superior rooms have a balcony overlooking the pool and garden.
· Brookes ALaCarte Restaurant overlooking the lake.· We ate a pair of greasy omelettes at a restaurant overlooking the water, then drove around the edge of the lake.· Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.· At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile, near where the houseboat was moored.· The hotel is fully air-conditioned and boasts a terraced restaurant with views overlooking the bay.· There's greyhound racing at Hove's celebrated stadium where a restaurant overlooking the track gives diners a ring-side view.· Staff offer efficient, unobtrusive service at the restaurant which overlooks the harbour.· The restaurant overlooks the bay and in high season guests can dine on the terrace.
· The church of St Michael and all Angels is on a ridge overlooking the river and the old water mill.· We climbed around on the ridge overlooking the canyon.
· It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.· By 1995, the company had expanded into a $ 10.5 million facility overlooking the Mississippi River.· Adjacent to the hotel, guests may dine in the lively garden restaurant overlooking the river.· The site where Hugh Arbuthnot chose to build his house was a rise in the ground, overlooking the river.· She lived in Putney, in a flat at the top of a mansion block overlooking the river.· It is a stone-built structure of the early nineteenth century, and stands overlooking the river east of the town centre.· Not exactly five star, but the food's okay and it's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river.· The church of St Michael and all Angels is on a ridge overlooking the river and the old water mill.
· Twin rooms are at the front with lake view, singles overlook the main road.· Standard rooms overlook a busy road but those with sea view are quieter.· It was an end-of-terrace with rounded bays overlooking the road and a tiny patch of grass at the front.· Standard rooms in the main building overlook a main road and have a side sea view but no air-conditioning.· Singles overlook the road but have a sea view and terrace.
· The hotel features a lovely dining room overlooking the lake, where the view can truly be described as spectacular.· A proper floor plan for each room is often overlooked by residents.· The door closed behind Tweed as he scanned the luxuriously furnished double room which overlooked Albemarle Street.· In the quiet of the beautiful room overlooking the perfumed courtyard, Maggie summed it all up.· Lucy Lane and Shaw were at work in Francis's room which overlooked the street.· But it is not an unpleasant place, low-rise, with most rooms in verandah-ed cottages overlooking garden courtyards.· Standard rooms overlook a busy road but those with sea view are quieter.· All rooms overlook the pool area.
· Look closer and see a house tucked into a mountainside overlooking a stark blue sea.· Most of these bungalows overlook the sea.· Occasionally they give on to a wide balcony that overlooks the sea.· It has a large terrace, a bar overlooking the sea, and a fourth-floor roof terrace.· There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea.· When he is not looking over a sea of grain, is overlooking the sea!
· In densely populated areas, the chances of finding such obvious sites that have been overlooked by previous archaeologists are very small.
· Now thirty-five intrepid Lionisers were gazing at the outside of the small single-fronted cottage with its tiny parlour overlooking the street.· And it was charming, small and cozy looking, sunburnt pink stucco with a second-floor balcony overlooking the narrow street.· Lucy Lane and Shaw were at work in Francis's room which overlooked the street.· You were on the forty-third floor overlooking Water Street.· She ushered him into the living room, which overlooked the front street and had a large couch in the bay.· At the front I had my sitting-room overlooking the street.· There were twin beds and a pair of good-sized windows overlooking the street.
· The dining-room at the Lion d'Or had a modern, glass-walled extension which, like the terrace, overlooked the Mauzère.· The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.· Portia's family house was in one of the Nash terraces overlooking Regent's Park.· A pleasant feature of the boardroom is the open terrace, overlooking the concourse, with its terracotta tiled floor.· It has a large terrace, a bar overlooking the sea, and a fourth-floor roof terrace.· Not exactly five star, but the food's okay and it's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river.· There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea.· They ate outdoors, under a vine pergola on a wide terrace overlooking the sea.
· Neath Castle, built in 1284, overlooks the town and is presented being restored.
· The Church of the Pantanassa is particularly fine, sited on a hillside ledge overlooking the valley.· You might start with mountains carpeted in heather overlooking valleys and sparkling streams, lush meadows and forests.· It stands in three acres of garden, and overlooks the picturesque valley of Looe.· They were off the road, parked on a wide area of land that overlooked the next valley.
· A wall of windows overlooked the motorway.· Goldlettered verses of the Koran are etched into the walls, overlooking wooden arks whose velvet curtains conceal Torah scrolls.· On my right, there was a waist-high wall overlooking an aerobics class in full swing one floor below.· The parade was scheduled to proceed through the city and skirt round the walls overlooking the Bogside.
· Moving to the windows overlooking the dock, he watched his men work, a look of dismay on his face.· Railroad apartment with windows on the street and windows in back that overlooked a courtyard.· Now, at the Mirage, Ali stands and walks stiffly towards the picture windows overlooking Las Vegas.· The den was on the first floor at the rear of the house, with windows overlooking the garden.· She was lying near a window overlooking a garden full of sunshine and green.· In between is a low coffee table; to the right, windows overlook the green Maryland countryside.· He got up slowly from his chair to stretch himself and went to the window, overlooking the back car lot.· The corridor was lined with windows overlooking a central quadrangle.
VERB· Somebody wanted him to build a vast tavern overlooking the Horseshoe Falls.· As she speaks she is sitting in her own spacious apartment, one floor up in an upscale building overlooking the Nile.
· I chose a café overlooking the port.· I chose to overlook the edge of sarcasm, and I relaxed ever so slightly.· One point which we have chosen to overlook so far is highly relevant.· The police therefore adopted a highly discretionary approach, often choosing to overlook technical infringements in the interest of public order.
· For several reasons the normal justification thesis may seem to overlook some of the essential facts of political power.· There is one obvious solution to slow play that seems to be overlooked: Distance tee-times to ease course overcrowding.· The implications for the tribunal system of the change to a system of benefit based on entitlement seems to have been overlooked.
· The people making decisions and the motives behind their actions tend to be overlooked.· Often when determining the economic and financial feasibility of these projects, the additional costs of such programs tend to be overlooked.· However, we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways.· We become obsessed with change and tend to overlook content.· Historians have tended to overlook the possibilities of more rapid transit where the cargo concerned was profitable enough to merit it.· In spite of the protection offered by equal opportunity laws, women tend to be overlooked and receive fewer promotions.· Quite apart from whether this is true in practice, contemporary Marxists have tended to overlook this insight.· Yet, not being enroute to anywhere, East Anglia tends to be overlooked by those living much beyond its boundaries.
It is easy to overlook a small detail like that. Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.2to forgive someone’s mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action: She found him entertaining enough to overlook his faults.3if a house, room etc overlooks something, it has a view of it, usually from above: Our room overlooks the ocean.