to overlook
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3.7
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/
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- Your position will be the Southeast Light Tower overlooking the suspect's location.
- overlook the river
- terrace overlooking the city
- overlook the hills
It was this this hilltop that overlooked the valley.
- It was this this hilltop that overlooked the valley.
- The meeting takes place in an oceanfront condominium overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Florida.
- We've got these giant windows behind us that basically overlook a giant blue planet, which we believe is Neptune.
- It's a one bedroom suite, but it's a suite with one bedroom, but it's a wide open like suite overlooking the pier.
- And we were going in to basically dig in underground to an area that overlooked a, a main supply route.
- There were no other houses overlooking the Pacific and my father was not a social person and.
- We are on top of this fountain overlooking where we came from with the most gorgeous mountains that we haven't gotten to see here yet, and I'm just so happy.
- I went to her home, I think she calls it a tree house that overlooks the Hollywood sign.
Examples
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Say, on a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean --
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From the loft room, we can walk out onto a kind of patio overlooking the countryside.
Academic text (1996) -
Two words, seven letters overlooking the most powerful city in the world.
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I moved forward and found myself in a room overlooking some kind of operating theatre.
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And he just built a villa overlooking Can in southern France.
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St. James eventually got up and went to a window overlooking the cathedral close.
Fiction book (1990) -
We stood on the terrace overlooking the valley and watched day turn to night.
Academic text (2013) -
And I'm sitting on my porch, which overlooks the ocean and feeling very, very lucky.
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The car was driving along a high ridge, overlooking a fast-moving river below.
Fiction book (1990) -
We stood on the balcony overlooking the city and admired the skyline.
Synonyms
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3.7
To rise above a place and be clearly visible from around it
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3.0
See something on the other side from where you are
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3.4
To have a view of an area from a high place like a balcony or window
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6.2
To have a view of an area from a higher place
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3.5
To face and have a view of a place
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6.5
To be higher than something so you can look down at it
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Etymology
Overlook comes from the parts over ('above') and look ('to see'), so to overlook a village or the sea is to 'look over' it from above and have a clear view.