overlook-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: fail to notice; ignore

Examples:
How could she have overlooked all those typos?
He overlooks the fact that news is put together to appeal to viewers.
I'm going to overlook that last comment.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: overlook.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: be oriented so as to look down on

Examples:
My office overlooks the parking lot.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: overlook.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4

Sense Number 3: watch over; supervise

Commentary:
NOTE: Archaic?

Examples:
Mr. Casaubon does not like any one to overlook his work. --George Eliot, Middlemarch

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5