noun
- the view or prospect from a particular place.
- mental attitude or view; point of view: one’s outlook on life.
- prospect of the future: the political outlook.
- the place from which an observer looks out; lookout.
- the act or state of looking out.
- a watch kept; vigilance; lookout: a careful outlook to prevent forest fires.
noun
- a mental attitude or point of view
- the probable or expected condition or outcome of somethingthe weather outlook
- the view from a place
- view or prospect
- the act or state of looking out
n.“mental view or survey,” 1742, from out (adv.) + look (v.). The meaning “prospect for the future” is attested from 1851. Earliest sense was “a look-out” (1660s). The literal sense of “vigilant watch, act or practice of looking out” (1815) is rare; look-out being used instead for this.