Correct and Overlook

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Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.

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Overlook and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overlook" instead a verb "Correct".

Overlook verb - To look down on.

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Correct and overlook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead a verb "Overlook".

Nearby Words: overlooking, overlooker

man	correct man	overlook man
people	correct people	overlook people
problem	correct problem	overlook problem
record	correct record	overlook record
Other words: actions, behavior, problems, mistakes, flaws.

At first Armand seems cannier than Fulbert, knowing the latter would overlook the value of the saddles on the horses he's trading to Malevil, and demands a bribe to not correct him of his mistake.

Source: Literature / Malevil
Castle 8 was even trickier because not only does the correct path involve locating and taking pipes, but some of the pipes go backwards back to the first chamber while some of the correct pipe choices are easy to overlook.

Source: Trial-and-Error Gameplay
When the play caused controversy, a British clergyman attempted to defend it by urging people to overlook the long hair and beards (which were most likely historically correct) and instead listen to the lyrics (which, apparently unbeknownst to him, are often subversive to Christian beliefs).

Source: Music / Jesus Christ Superstar

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