| foresee | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. anticipate, foreknow, foresee, previse | realize beforehand. |
| ~ know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| v. (creation) | 2. envision, foresee | picture to oneself; imagine possible.; "I cannot envision him as President" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (social) | 3. anticipate, counter, foresee, forestall | act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| overlook | | |
| n. (location) | 1. overlook | a high place affording a good view. |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| v. (perception) | 2. overlook | look past, fail to notice. |
| ~ miss, lose | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" |
| v. (stative) | 3. look across, look out on, look out over, overlook | be oriented in a certain direction.; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | leave undone or leave out.; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
| ~ forget | forget to do something.; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" |
| ~ pass over, skip, skip over, jump | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| v. (stative) | 5. command, dominate, overlook, overtop | look down on.; "The villa dominates the town" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ dwarf, overshadow, shadow | make appear small by comparison.; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" |
| v. (perception) | 6. overlook | watch over.; "I am overlooking her work" |
| ~ survey | look over carefully or inspect.; "He surveyed his new classmates" |
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