overlooks
oh-ver-LUUKS/ˌoʊ.vɚˈlʊks/UKoh-vuh-LUUKS/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊks/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of overlook.
The hotel balcony overlooks a quiet harbor dotted with fishing boats.
A careful editor never overlooks a factual error before publication.
Note
The -s form takes two very different kinds of subject. With a building, window or balcony it describes a fixed view, so the simple present suits it naturally: the house overlooks the valley. With a person it means failing to notice, or deliberately letting something pass, as when a lenient teacher overlooks a late paper. Two older uses, supervising (now the job of oversee) and secretly watching, are archaic.
overlooks is a form of overlook
overlook, verb: To fail to notice something, looking past it without seeing it. Full entry
- Forms
- overlookoverlooks he/she/itoverlooking -ing formoverlooked past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- overlook → overlooks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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