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Synonyms for outlook

Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-look
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlʊk

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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