Crossword-Solution: OVERLOOK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Overlook | v. t. | 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. |
| Overlook | v. t. | 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. |
| Overlook | v. t. | To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. |
| Overlook | v. t. | To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. |
| Overlook | v. t. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| OVERLOOK | anagram | LOOKOVER |
We have 57 clues for the answer “OVERLOOK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Stopping point along a scenic drive | 1 answer |
| Scenic viewpoint | 1 answer |
| Scenic spot | 1 answer |
| Miss while planning | 1 answer |
| Fail to see; ignore | 1 answer |
| Scenic vista | 2 answers |
| STAND high | 2 answers |
| INDIVIDUALISE (ant.) | 3 answers |
| think nothing of | 3 answers |
| Fail to see | 3 answers |
| DELVE (ant.) | 4 answers |
| Fail to notice | 4 answers |
| MAKE little of | 5 answers |
| grin and bear it | 8 answers |
| make allowance for | 9 answers |
| FIND (ant.) | 9 answers |
| A HIGH PLACE AFFORDING A GOOD VIEW | 11 answers |
| Administrate | 12 answers |
| Leave out | 13 answers |
| Pass by | 16 answers |
| Make a mistake | 16 answers |
| condone | 17 answers |
| overtop | 20 answers |
| BEAR with | 20 answers |
| Forget | 22 answers |
| forgive | 24 answers |
| Jut | 27 answers |
| Supervise | 27 answers |
| Miss __ | 31 answers |
| Overshadow | 32 answers |
| Overhang | 32 answers |
| Hover | 37 answers |
| BE high | 38 answers |
| Scan | 39 answers |
| Waive | 40 answers |
| Omit | 41 answers |
| dilapidate | 42 answers |
| GO into for purpose of discovery | 42 answers |
| scrutinise | 42 answers |
| MOVE past | 44 answers |
| Pass over | 46 answers |
| BLACK out | 48 answers |
| Scorn | 50 answers |
| count out | 50 answers |
| Elevate | 50 answers |
| inspect | 53 answers |
| MAKE laborious research | 53 answers |
| Disdain | 55 answers |
| move on | 58 answers |
| Ignore | 58 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TRAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OVERLOOK (5)
But through a natural infirmity of the flesh, which I will explain to you in a moment, we incline to overlook this fact.
They were at once more simple and more perplexing; and some way they seemed more important, harder to overlook.
But George Gerardos, SV1AG, who had been closely involved, decided that it would be better to overlook certain details which may seem strange to us at the present time--details which could be rectified at a later date, provided the law was finally on the Statute book.
Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the productions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life; shall prosper in proportion as we learn to draw the line between the superficial and the substantial, the ornamental gewgaws of life and the useful.
But by no means do I ever overlook or minify the fact that this is one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life.
Quotes with OVERLOOK (3)
People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don't we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, NYT, Universal.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1969–2023).