Definition of Overlook

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Overlook

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; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, 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 look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.

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Overlook Quotations

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
Anais Nin

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
Sigmund Freud

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Edmund Burke

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
William James

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
William James

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
Horace Mann

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Edith Wharton

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
Pope John XXIII

Overlook Translations

overlook in Danish is udelade
overlook in Dutch is verzaken, nalaten, uitlaten
overlook in Latin is despecto
overlook in Portuguese is negligencie

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