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outlook


noun

  1. the view or prospect from a particular place.
  2. mental attitude or view; point of view: one’s outlook on life.
  3. prospect of the future: the political outlook.
  4. the place from which an observer looks out; lookout.
  5. the act or state of looking out.
  6. a watch kept; vigilance; lookout: a careful outlook to prevent forest fires.

noun

  1. a mental attitude or point of view
  2. the probable or expected condition or outcome of somethingthe weather outlook
  3. the view from a place
  4. view or prospect
  5. 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.

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