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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : out-look |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlʊk |
Definition of outlook
Origin :- "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.
- noun point of view
- noun probable future
- noun scene, view
- Do the Outlook and the Commoner imply progress since the Stagirite?
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- When they stopped at the door no one was on the outlook for them.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But here we are upon the hill-top, with as fair an outlook as man could wish to have.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Our decision here will affect our outlook on the entire relation of the sexes.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Life seemed a melancholy thing: how gloomy, how helpless her outlook!
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- If it should fall upon him, where then would be his hope and outlook?
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Judging by the outlook just at present, bathing will be out of the question to-morrow.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It is almost surrounded by buildings, so that no outlook of any kind is to be had.
- Extract from : « The Lonely Way--Intermezzo--Countess Mizzie » by Arthur Schnitzler
- If we take it in succession to do picket and outlook duty, the enemy will be less able to harry us.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- The American outlook will be permanently enlarged by this tremendous experience.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
Synonyms for outlook
- angle
- appearances
- aspect
- attitude
- chance
- direction
- expectation
- forecast
- frame of mind
- headset
- law of averages
- likelihood
- lookout
- mind-set
- normal course
- opening
- opportunity
- panorama
- perspective
- possibility
- probability
- prospect
- prospects
- risk
- routine
- scape
- scope
- side
- sight
- size of it
- slant
- standpoint
- viewpoint
- views
- vision
- vista
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