overlook

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Pronunciation

 * Noun:


 * Verb:

Noun

 * 1) A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, mirante
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
 * 2) To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
 * 3) To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
 * 4) * 1615,, Contemplations vpon the Principal Passages of the Holie Historie, London: Nathanael Butter and William Butler, Volume 3, “Ehud and Eglon,” p.48,
 * Euery circumstance is full of improbabilities: Faith euermore ouerlookes the difficulties of the way, & bends her eyes onely to the certainty of the end.
 * 1) To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
 * 2)  To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
 * 3)  To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
 * 4) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, No. 33, 13July, 1724, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, 1730, p.269,
 * I lean’d back in my Chair, and overlook’d what he was doing.—But, as if the young Rogue had had Eyes in his Elbows, he broke off what he had begun, and writ, thus, in a new Place.—If an impertinent Old Fellow, that sits by me, did not overlook what I am writing, I should have told you a pleasant Secret—
 * 1) * 1839,, “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” in The Watcher and Other Weird Stories, London: Downey, 1894, p.133,
 * The artist turned sharply round, and now for the first time became aware that his labours had been overlooked by a stranger.
 * 1)  To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
 * 2) * 1602, (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of , London: G. Bishop et al., Book 5, Chapter 2, p.109,
 * this was one of those spies which Moses sent to ouerlooke the land of Chanaan.
 * 1) * 1752,, The Gray’s Inn Journal No. 21, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p.138,
 * As the Meanness of my Education had hindered me from knowing any Thing of Law Affairs, I got my two Companions to overlook the Mortgage Deed, and with their Advice signed it
 * 1)  To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
 * 1) To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
 * 2)  To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
 * 3)  To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
 * 4) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, No. 33, 13July, 1724, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, 1730, p.269,
 * I lean’d back in my Chair, and overlook’d what he was doing.—But, as if the young Rogue had had Eyes in his Elbows, he broke off what he had begun, and writ, thus, in a new Place.—If an impertinent Old Fellow, that sits by me, did not overlook what I am writing, I should have told you a pleasant Secret—
 * 1) * 1839,, “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” in The Watcher and Other Weird Stories, London: Downey, 1894, p.133,
 * The artist turned sharply round, and now for the first time became aware that his labours had been overlooked by a stranger.
 * 1)  To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
 * 2) * 1602, (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of , London: G. Bishop et al., Book 5, Chapter 2, p.109,
 * this was one of those spies which Moses sent to ouerlooke the land of Chanaan.
 * 1) * 1752,, The Gray’s Inn Journal No. 21, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p.138,
 * As the Meanness of my Education had hindered me from knowing any Thing of Law Affairs, I got my two Companions to overlook the Mortgage Deed, and with their Advice signed it
 * 1)  To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
 * 1)  To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
 * 2) * 1724,, The Plain Dealer, No. 33, 13July, 1724, The Plain Dealer, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, 1730, p.269,
 * I lean’d back in my Chair, and overlook’d what he was doing.—But, as if the young Rogue had had Eyes in his Elbows, he broke off what he had begun, and writ, thus, in a new Place.—If an impertinent Old Fellow, that sits by me, did not overlook what I am writing, I should have told you a pleasant Secret—
 * 1) * 1839,, “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” in The Watcher and Other Weird Stories, London: Downey, 1894, p.133,
 * The artist turned sharply round, and now for the first time became aware that his labours had been overlooked by a stranger.
 * 1)  To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
 * 2) * 1602, (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of , London: G. Bishop et al., Book 5, Chapter 2, p.109,
 * this was one of those spies which Moses sent to ouerlooke the land of Chanaan.
 * 1) * 1752,, The Gray’s Inn Journal No. 21, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p.138,
 * As the Meanness of my Education had hindered me from knowing any Thing of Law Affairs, I got my two Companions to overlook the Mortgage Deed, and with their Advice signed it
 * 1)  To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
 * 1) * 1602, (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of , London: G. Bishop et al., Book 5, Chapter 2, p.109,
 * this was one of those spies which Moses sent to ouerlooke the land of Chanaan.
 * 1) * 1752,, The Gray’s Inn Journal No. 21, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p.138,
 * As the Meanness of my Education had hindered me from knowing any Thing of Law Affairs, I got my two Companions to overlook the Mortgage Deed, and with their Advice signed it
 * 1)  To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
 * 1)  To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: гледам отвисоко
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakakaurera


 * Bulgarian: недоглеждам
 * Catalan: passar per alt
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: over het hoofd zien
 * Finnish: katsoa läpi sormien, jättää huomaamatta
 * French: ,
 * Galician: pasar por alto
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: περιοράω
 * Ancient: παροράω, ὑπερβλέπω
 * Hungarian:, , nem vesz észre, elsiklik/átsiklik (a figyelme) …… fölött
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 見落とす, 見逃す
 * Latin: omittō
 * Maori: kape
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: overse
 * Polish: przeoczać, przeoczyć, przegapiać,
 * Portuguese: desperceber
 * Romanian: trece cu vederea
 * Russian: не заме́тить,, , упусти́ть из ви́ду
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: pasar por alto
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: صَفَحَ
 * Bulgarian: не обръщам внимание
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: přehlížet
 * Dutch: door de vingers zien
 * Egyptian:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παροράω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: lasciar passare
 * Kannada:
 * Maori: kape, whakangongo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: overse
 * Occitan: deissar passar
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: pasar por alto
 * Swedish: ha överseende med
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: supervisionare
 * Latin: aspectol
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: aspecto
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * French: ,
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: أَطَلَّ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: katsoa ylhäältä
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: aspecto
 * Russian:, смотре́ть све́рху
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * French: donner sur