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overlook (오버**룩**)to fail to notice or consider something

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to fail to notice or consider something

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/

Korean meaning: 간과하다, 놓치다

Korean pronunciation: 오버**룩**

Example Sentences

  • My boss tends to overlook my coffee breaks, probably because I work overtime every day.
  • The penthouse overlooks the entire city, making the residents feel like urban gods.
  • Students often overlook the importance of sleep, until they fall asleep in class.

overlook

VERB

//ˌoʊvərˈlʊk//

to fail to notice or consider something

overlook concept
💡 Concept

The busy worker overlooks the coffee mug spilling on important documents

overlook rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Don't overlook your outlook while reading the cookbook!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/
🇬🇧 UK/ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/

🌳Etymology

Prefixover--
Rootlook

Origin

From Middle English 'overloken', combining the prefix 'over-' (above, across) with the verb 'look' (to see or observe). The sense of 'to fail to notice' developed from the earlier meaning of 'to look over or survey'.

🎵Rhyme

outlookcookbookhandbook
outlook
cookbook
handbook

🔗Collocations

overlook a mistake
easy to overlook
overlook the fact
scenic overlook
overlook the ocean
cannot overlook

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My boss tends to overlook my coffee breaks, probably because I work overtime every day.

😄 Fun example

The penthouse overlooks the entire city, making the residents feel like urban gods.

😄 Fun example

Students often overlook the importance of sleep, until they fall asleep in class.

😄 Fun example

The teacher decided to overlook the student's creative excuse about aliens stealing his homework.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

ignoremissdisregardneglectskip

Antonyms

noticeobservespot

Related

overviewoverseelookoutsupervise

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