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Meaning overlook meaning
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Synonyms overlook synonyms
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Conjugation overlook conjugation
How do you conjugate overlook?
overlook · verb
Present I overlook
Positive I overlook
Singular
1st person I overlook
2nd person you overlook
3rd person he/she/it overlooks
Plural
1st person we overlook
2nd person you overlook
3rd person they overlook
Negative I don't overlook
Singular
1st person I don't overlook I do not overlook
2nd person you don't overlook you do not overlook
3rd person he/she/it doesn't overlook he/she/it does not overlook
Plural
1st person we don't overlook we do not overlook
2nd person you don't overlook you do not overlook
3rd person they don't overlook they do not overlook
Question do I overlook?
Singular
1st person do I overlook?
2nd person do you overlook?
3rd person does he/she/it overlook?
Plural
1st person do we overlook?
2nd person do you overlook?
3rd person do they overlook?
Negative question don't I overlook?
Singular
1st person don't I overlook? do I not overlook?
2nd person don't you overlook? do you not overlook?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it overlook? does he/she/it not overlook?
Plural
1st person don't we overlook? do we not overlook?
2nd person don't you overlook? do you not overlook?
3rd person don't they overlook? do they not overlook?
Past I overlooked
Positive I overlooked
Singular
1st person I overlooked
2nd person you overlooked
3rd person he/she/it overlooked
Plural
1st person we overlooked
2nd person you overlooked
3rd person they overlooked
Negative I didn't overlook
Singular
1st person I didn't overlook I did not overlook
2nd person you didn't overlook you did not overlook
3rd person he/she/it didn't overlook he/she/it did not overlook
Plural
1st person we didn't overlook we did not overlook
2nd person you didn't overlook you did not overlook
3rd person they didn't overlook they did not overlook
Question did I overlook?
Singular
1st person did I overlook?
2nd person did you overlook?
3rd person did he/she/it overlook?
Plural
1st person did we overlook?
2nd person did you overlook?
3rd person did they overlook?
Negative question didn't I overlook?
Singular
1st person didn't I overlook? did I not overlook?
2nd person didn't you overlook? did you not overlook?
3rd person didn't he/she/it overlook? did he/she/it not overlook?
Plural
1st person didn't we overlook? did we not overlook?
2nd person didn't you overlook? did you not overlook?
3rd person didn't they overlook? did they not overlook?
Future I'll overlook
Positive I'll overlook
Singular
1st person I'll overlook I will overlook
2nd person you'll overlook you will overlook
3rd person he/she/it'll overlook he/she/it will overlook
Plural
1st person we'll overlook we will overlook
2nd person you'll overlook you will overlook
3rd person they'll overlook they will overlook
Negative I won't overlook
Singular
1st person I won't overlook I will not overlook
2nd person you won't overlook you will not overlook
3rd person he/she/it won't overlook he/she/it will not overlook
Plural
1st person we won't overlook we will not overlook
2nd person you won't overlook you will not overlook
3rd person they won't overlook they will not overlook
Question will I overlook?
Singular
1st person will I overlook?
2nd person will you overlook?
3rd person will he/she/it overlook?
Plural
1st person will we overlook?
2nd person will you overlook?
3rd person will they overlook?
Negative question won't I overlook?
Singular
1st person won't I overlook? will I not overlook?
2nd person won't you overlook? will you not overlook?
3rd person won't he/she/it overlook? will he/she/it not overlook?
Plural
1st person won't we overlook? will we not overlook?
2nd person won't you overlook? will you not overlook?
3rd person won't they overlook? will they not overlook?
Conditional I'd overlook
Positive I'd overlook
Singular
1st person I'd overlook I would overlook
2nd person you'd overlook you would overlook
3rd person he/she/it'd overlook he/she/it would overlook
Plural
1st person we'd overlook we would overlook
2nd person you'd overlook you would overlook
3rd person they'd overlook they would overlook
Negative I wouldn't overlook
Singular
1st person I wouldn't overlook I would not overlook
2nd person you wouldn't overlook you would not overlook
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't overlook he/she/it would not overlook
Plural
1st person we wouldn't overlook we would not overlook
2nd person you wouldn't overlook you would not overlook
3rd person they wouldn't overlook they would not overlook
Question would I overlook?
Singular
1st person would I overlook?
2nd person would you overlook?
3rd person would he/she/it overlook?
Plural
1st person would we overlook?
2nd person would you overlook?
3rd person would they overlook?
Negative question wouldn't I overlook?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I overlook? would I not overlook?
2nd person wouldn't you overlook? would you not overlook?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it overlook? would he/she/it not overlook?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we overlook? would we not overlook?
2nd person wouldn't you overlook? would you not overlook?
3rd person wouldn't they overlook? would they not overlook?
Present continuous I'm overlooking
Positive I'm overlooking
Singular
1st person I'm overlooking I am overlooking
2nd person you're overlooking you are overlooking
3rd person he/she/it's overlooking he/she/it is overlooking
Plural
1st person we're overlooking we are overlooking
2nd person you're overlooking you are overlooking
3rd person they're overlooking they are overlooking
Negative I'm not overlooking
Singular
1st person I'm not overlooking I am not overlooking
2nd person you aren't overlooking you're not overlooking you are not overlooking
3rd person he/she/it isn't overlooking he/she/it's not overlooking he/she/it is not overlooking
Plural
1st person we aren't overlooking we're not overlooking we are not overlooking
2nd person you aren't overlooking you're not overlooking you are not overlooking
3rd person they aren't overlooking they're not overlooking they are not overlooking
Question am I overlooking?
Singular
1st person am I overlooking?
2nd person are you overlooking?
3rd person is he/she/it overlooking?
Plural
1st person are we overlooking?
2nd person are you overlooking?
3rd person are they overlooking?
Negative question aren't I overlooking?
Singular
1st person aren't I overlooking? am I not overlooking?
2nd person aren't you overlooking? are you not overlooking?
3rd person isn't he/she/it overlooking? is he/she/it not overlooking?
Plural
1st person aren't we overlooking? are we not overlooking?
2nd person aren't you overlooking? are you not overlooking?
3rd person aren't they overlooking? are they not overlooking?
Past continuous I was overlooking
Positive I was overlooking
Singular
1st person I was overlooking
2nd person you were overlooking
3rd person he/she/it was overlooking
Plural
1st person we were overlooking
2nd person you were overlooking
3rd person they were overlooking
Negative I wasn't overlooking
Singular
1st person I wasn't overlooking I was not overlooking
2nd person you weren't overlooking you were not overlooking
3rd person he/she/it wasn't overlooking he/she/it was not overlooking
Plural
1st person we weren't overlooking we were not overlooking
2nd person you weren't overlooking you were not overlooking
3rd person they weren't overlooking they were not overlooking
Question was I overlooking?
Singular
1st person was I overlooking?
2nd person were you overlooking?
3rd person was he/she/it overlooking?
Plural
1st person were we overlooking?
2nd person were you overlooking?
3rd person were they overlooking?
Negative question wasn't I overlooking?
Singular
1st person wasn't I overlooking? was I not overlooking?
2nd person weren't you overlooking? were you not overlooking?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it overlooking? was he/she/it not overlooking?
Plural
1st person weren't we overlooking? were we not overlooking?
2nd person weren't you overlooking? were you not overlooking?
3rd person weren't they overlooking? were they not overlooking?
Future continuous I'll be overlooking
Positive I'll be overlooking
Singular
1st person I'll be overlooking I will be overlooking
2nd person you'll be overlooking you will be overlooking
3rd person he/she/it'll be overlooking he/she/it will be overlooking
Plural
1st person we'll be overlooking we will be overlooking
2nd person you'll be overlooking you will be overlooking
3rd person they'll be overlooking they will be overlooking
Negative I won't be overlooking
Singular
1st person I won't be overlooking I will not be overlooking
2nd person you won't be overlooking you will not be overlooking
3rd person he/she/it won't be overlooking he/she/it will not be overlooking
Plural
1st person we won't be overlooking we will not be overlooking
2nd person you won't be overlooking you will not be overlooking
3rd person they won't be overlooking they will not be overlooking
Question will I be overlooking?
Singular
1st person will I be overlooking?
2nd person will you be overlooking?
3rd person will he/she/it be overlooking?
Plural
1st person will we be overlooking?
2nd person will you be overlooking?
3rd person will they be overlooking?
Negative question won't I be overlooking?
Singular
1st person won't I be overlooking? will I not be overlooking?
2nd person won't you be overlooking? will you not be overlooking?
3rd person won't he/she/it be overlooking? will he/she/it not be overlooking?
Plural
1st person won't we be overlooking? will we not be overlooking?
2nd person won't you be overlooking? will you not be overlooking?
3rd person won't they be overlooking? will they not be overlooking?
Conditional continuous I'd be overlooking
Positive I'd be overlooking
Singular
1st person I'd be overlooking I would be overlooking
2nd person you'd be overlooking you would be overlooking
3rd person he/she/it'd be overlooking he/she/it would be overlooking
Plural
1st person we'd be overlooking we would be overlooking
2nd person you'd be overlooking you would be overlooking
3rd person they'd be overlooking they would be overlooking
Negative I wouldn't be overlooking
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be overlooking I would not be overlooking
2nd person you wouldn't be overlooking you would not be overlooking
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be overlooking he/she/it would not be overlooking
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be overlooking we would not be overlooking
2nd person you wouldn't be overlooking you would not be overlooking
3rd person they wouldn't be overlooking they would not be overlooking
Question would I be overlooking?
Singular
1st person would I be overlooking?
2nd person would you be overlooking?
3rd person would he/she/it be overlooking?
Plural
1st person would we be overlooking?
2nd person would you be overlooking?
3rd person would they be overlooking?
Negative question wouldn't I be overlooking?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be overlooking? would I not be overlooking?
2nd person wouldn't you be overlooking? would you not be overlooking?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be overlooking? would he/she/it not be overlooking?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be overlooking? would we not be overlooking?
2nd person wouldn't you be overlooking? would you not be overlooking?
3rd person wouldn't they be overlooking? would they not be overlooking?
Present perfect I've overlooked
Positive I've overlooked
Singular
1st person I've overlooked I have overlooked
2nd person you've overlooked you have overlooked
3rd person he/she/it's overlooked he/she/it has overlooked
Plural
1st person we've overlooked we have overlooked
2nd person you've overlooked you have overlooked
3rd person they've overlooked they have overlooked
Negative I haven't overlooked
Singular
1st person I haven't overlooked I have not overlooked
2nd person you haven't overlooked you have not overlooked
3rd person he/she/it hasn't overlooked he/she/it has not overlooked
Plural
1st person we haven't overlooked we have not overlooked
2nd person you haven't overlooked you have not overlooked
3rd person they haven't overlooked they have not overlooked
Question have I overlooked?
Singular
1st person have I overlooked?
2nd person have you overlooked?
3rd person has he/she/it overlooked?
Plural
1st person have we overlooked?
2nd person have you overlooked?
3rd person have they overlooked?
Negative question haven't I overlooked?
Singular
1st person haven't I overlooked? have I not overlooked?
2nd person haven't you overlooked? have you not overlooked?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it overlooked? has he/she/it not overlooked?
Plural
1st person haven't we overlooked? have we not overlooked?
2nd person haven't you overlooked? have you not overlooked?
3rd person haven't they overlooked? have they not overlooked?
Past perfect I had overlooked
Positive I had overlooked
Singular
1st person I had overlooked
2nd person you had overlooked
3rd person he/she/it had overlooked
Plural
1st person we had overlooked
2nd person you had overlooked
3rd person they had overlooked
Negative I hadn't overlooked
Singular
1st person I hadn't overlooked I had not overlooked
2nd person you hadn't overlooked you had not overlooked
3rd person he/she/it hadn't overlooked he/she/it had not overlooked
Plural
1st person we hadn't overlooked we had not overlooked
2nd person you hadn't overlooked you had not overlooked
3rd person they hadn't overlooked they had not overlooked
Question had I overlooked?
Singular
1st person had I overlooked?
2nd person had you overlooked?
3rd person had he/she/it overlooked?
Plural
1st person had we overlooked?
2nd person had you overlooked?
3rd person had they overlooked?
Negative question hadn't I overlooked?
Singular
1st person hadn't I overlooked? had I not overlooked?
2nd person hadn't you overlooked? had you not overlooked?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it overlooked? had he/she/it not overlooked?
Plural
1st person hadn't we overlooked? had we not overlooked?
2nd person hadn't you overlooked? had you not overlooked?
3rd person hadn't they overlooked? had they not overlooked?
Future perfect I'll have overlooked
Positive I'll have overlooked
Singular
1st person I'll have overlooked I will have overlooked
2nd person you'll have overlooked you will have overlooked
3rd person he/she/it'll have overlooked he/she/it will have overlooked
Plural
1st person we'll have overlooked we will have overlooked
2nd person you'll have overlooked you will have overlooked
3rd person they'll have overlooked they will have overlooked
Negative I won't have overlooked
Singular
1st person I won't have overlooked I will not have overlooked
2nd person you won't have overlooked you will not have overlooked
3rd person he/she/it won't have overlooked he/she/it will not have overlooked
Plural
1st person we won't have overlooked we will not have overlooked
2nd person you won't have overlooked you will not have overlooked
3rd person they won't have overlooked they will not have overlooked
Question +'ll I have overlooked?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have overlooked? will I have overlooked?
2nd person +'ll you have overlooked? will you have overlooked?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have overlooked? will he/she/it have overlooked?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have overlooked? will we have overlooked?
2nd person +'ll you have overlooked? will you have overlooked?
3rd person +'ll they have overlooked? will they have overlooked?
Negative question won't I have overlooked?
Singular
1st person won't I have overlooked? will I not have overlooked?
2nd person won't you have overlooked? will you not have overlooked?
3rd person won't he/she/it have overlooked? will he/she/it not have overlooked?
Plural
1st person won't we have overlooked? will we not have overlooked?
2nd person won't you have overlooked? will you not have overlooked?
3rd person won't they have overlooked? will they not have overlooked?
Conditional perfect I'd have overlooked
Positive I'd have overlooked
Singular
1st person I'd have overlooked I would have overlooked
2nd person you'd have overlooked you would have overlooked
3rd person he/she/it'd have overlooked he/she/it would have overlooked
Plural
1st person we'd have overlooked we would have overlooked
2nd person you'd have overlooked you would have overlooked
3rd person they'd have overlooked they would have overlooked
Negative I wouldn't have overlooked
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have overlooked I would not have overlooked
2nd person you wouldn't have overlooked you would not have overlooked
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have overlooked he/she/it would not have overlooked
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have overlooked we would not have overlooked
2nd person you wouldn't have overlooked you would not have overlooked
3rd person they wouldn't have overlooked they would not have overlooked
Question would I have overlooked?
Singular
1st person would I have overlooked?
2nd person would you have overlooked?
3rd person would he/she/it have overlooked?
Plural
1st person would we have overlooked?
2nd person would you have overlooked?
3rd person would they have overlooked?
Negative question wouldn't I have overlooked?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have overlooked? would I not have overlooked?
2nd person wouldn't you have overlooked? would you not have overlooked?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have overlooked? would he/she/it not have overlooked?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have overlooked? would we not have overlooked?
2nd person wouldn't you have overlooked? would you not have overlooked?
3rd person wouldn't they have overlooked? would they not have overlooked?
Imperative overlook!
Positive
you overlook!
we let's overlook!
Negative
you don't overlook!
we let's not overlook!
Examples overlook examples
How do I use overlook in a sentence?
Simple sentences
This is too important to overlook.
I'll overlook your conduct this time.
I will overlook your lateness this time.
We overlook the bay from our house.
I just can't overlook his rude behavior.
You may as well overlook his sins and forgive him.
Shouldn't you overlook his indiscretions and forgive him?
I hope he will overlook it.
Could you please overlook it this time?
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
This kind of mistake is easy to overlook.
These kinds of mistakes are easy to overlook.
I'll overlook it this time, but don't let it happen again.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
How did you manage to overlook such a glaring error?
Movie subtitles
I'd be prepared to overlook the fact he had a wife.
Why, it's worth that to overlook the duke.
I don't mind his grammatical mistakes, I will overlook his bad punctuation, but the letter has no mystery, no bouquet.
Well I guess maybe I can overlook it, if she apologizes.
The reputation of the army is in danger if we overlook this attack of Zola.
I do hope you will overlook my having disliked him so much.
If you've heard some little things about me, I guess you're a woman of the world enough to overlook them.
I find that I must point out to His Grace. certain, uh. peculiarities in the administration of your parish. which he can scarcely overlook.
These gentlemen will overlook your mischief, just as the prosecutor here has done me the great favor of suspending all proceedings begun against me.
And when you do, don't overlook those lovely intangibles.
We can't overlook that murder is at our doorstep but don't drag it in here.
Oh, the count might possibly overlook my winging his friend, but he'd never forgive my turning down his invitation.
I hardly expected to come across Dan's nugget in the Kid's pouch. but I wasn't going to overlook anything.
But in cases like this you can't overlook the personal equation.
We can no longer overlook what those foolish humans are doing, repeating their pointless wars over and over, blindly triggering disasters.
It's a idea we can ill afford to overlook.
I don't know what you boys have done but I'm going to overlook it this time.
Foolish of you to overlook this, Joss.
I'm sure you wouldn't overlook him.
But if you tell the truth now, I promise to overlook that.
I guess you're a woman of the world enough to overlook them.
Mm-hmm. Mustn't overlook that little bearded fellow and his goggle-eyed friend.
I'm not a man that people overlook.
Ms. Stellwagon says middle-class people like us are prone to overlook.
But, in cases like this, you can't overlook the personal equation.
I'll overlook you're an engaged man and remind you of your marital record to date.
You must overlook it.
If you'll overlook this informal visit. I'll forgive you for slighting me in the dining room.
We overlook that.
I hope you'll overlook this.
Oh. You don't think he'd overlook the chance To play hero in front of me, do you?
We'd agreed to overlook each other's families and get married.
He might overlook a delinquent.
If you don't overlook your obligation to me. I trust it was purely an oversight.
News and current affairs
Left-wing pacifism tends to overlook this simple fact.
In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the United States cannot drive the international agenda or provide global leadership on all of today's most pressing problems.
But the slogan-mongers overlook India's extreme diversity.
If policymakers overlook them, they run the risk of encouraging quicker, cheaper forms of education that will do far less to serve either students or society.
For several decades after World War II, Europe could afford to overlook what went on beyond its borders: security was the business of the United States.
But, while we focus on immediate concerns, they continue to fester, and we overlook them at our peril.
Both narratives contain a large amount of truth, but conveniently overlook some important facts.
Meanwhile, the other eurozone members, seeking to justify less financing, also found it convenient to overlook the calamitous impact of austerity.
In Canada, for example, it would be risky to overlook the special interests of Quebec.
Today, as world leaders consider the post-2015 development agenda, we cannot overlook the importance of including broadband as a key part of the infrastructure needed to achieve future goals.
That he is cold and callous when discussing victims - not only Albanian, but Serbian too - Serbs tend to overlook.
But there are some facts that we should not overlook.
In view of the Soviet system, it was indeed easy to overlook our own weakness and fallibilities.
These views, however, overlook Libya's unique history, and treat Libya as though it were just another Third World country in need of generic solutions.
Clearly, there are environmental drawbacks from the use of coal as an energy resource, and these concerns are far too important to overlook.
As serious as these concerns may be, they overlook what could well be the greatest flaw in the Fed's unprecedented gambit: an emphasis on short-term tactics over longer-term strategy.
The change in priorities - and outsiders' tendency to overlook it - is not difficult to understand.
This sensible objective was sabotaged by the tendency to overlook what was actually happening in some countries.
And larger countries like Italy have an incentive to overlook the large numbers of refugees landing on their shores, knowing that, if nothing is done, those refugees will likely head elsewhere (mainly to northern Europe).
But we should not overlook the fact that the Convention has slipped in quite a number of proposals which are inherently federalist.
Similarly, when we expect redistributive effects to even out in the long run, so that everyone eventually comes out ahead, we are more likely to overlook reshufflings of income.
True, China cannot entirely overlook US pressure and the staunch opposition of its top oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, to Iran's nuclear program.
Those who remain obviously would be well served not to overlook exigencies at home.
And yet such assessments overlook the record of the past few years, during which successive governments have taken some fairly radical measures to strengthen Greece's fiscal position and scale back the public payroll.
Moreover, the skeptics overlook the fact that incentives to carry out structural reforms are partly endogenous.
But it is increasingly difficult for the outside world to overlook the impact of the Kingdom's main export, alongside oil.