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overlook

/ˈoʊvərˌlʊk/ /ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/
  1. 1
    (bir yere) bakmak, (bir yeri) tepeden görmek

    To stand higher than something and give a view of it.

    • Our hotel room overlooks the sea.
      Otel odamız denize bakıyor.
    • The restaurant overlooks a beautiful green valley.
      Restoran güzel, yeşil bir vadiye bakıyor.
  2. 2
    gözden kaçırmak, fark etmemek

    To miss or not notice something.

    • The manager apologized for overlooking her contributions.
      Yönetici, katkılarını gözden kaçırdığı için özür diledi.
    • It's easy to overlook small details when you are tired.
      Yorgunken küçük ayrıntıları gözden kaçırmak kolaydır.
  3. 3
    göz yummak, görmezden gelmek

    To choose to ignore a mistake or bad behaviour and not punish it.

    • I'm willing to overlook your mistake this time.
      Bu seferlik hatana göz yummaya hazırım.
    • She decided to overlook his rude comment.
      Onun kaba yorumunu görmezden gelmeye karar verdi.

Verb Forms Regular

Base overlook
/ˈoʊvərˌlʊk/
Past overlooked
/ˈoʊvərˌlʊkt/
Participle overlooked
/ˈoʊvərˌlʊkt/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edoverlook → overlooked

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /k/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. overlooked /ˈoʊvərˌlʊkt/

Synonyms

missfail to noticedisregardignore

Antonyms

Collocations

overlook the cityoverlook the valleyoverlook a mistakeoverlook detailsoverlook the problemoverlook the error

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