verb
- Look past, fail to notice.
- synonyms: overlook
- Be oriented in a certain direction.
- usage: "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
- synonyms: look out on, look out over, overlook, look across
- Leave undone or leave out.
- usage: "How could I miss that typo"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
- Look down on.
- usage: "The villa dominates the town"
- Watch over.
- usage: "I am overlooking her work"
- synonyms: overlook
adjective
- Used of a height or viewpoint.
- usage: "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
- synonyms: commanding, dominating
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