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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUTLOOK', v.t.
1. To face down; to browbeat.
2. To select. [Not in use.]
OUT'LOOK, n. Vigilant watch; foresight. [But look-out is generally used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set]
2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook, prospect]
3: the act of looking out [syn: lookout, outlook]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1667 1. a. a place offering a view b. a view from a particular place 2. point of view <a positive outlook on life> 3. the act of looking out 4. the prospect for the future <the outlook for steel demand in the United States — Wall Street Journal> Synonyms: see prospect

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the prospect for the future (the outlook is bleak). 2 one's mental attitude or point of view (narrow in their outlook). 3 what is seen on looking out.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outlook Out*look", v. t. 1. To face down; to outstare. To outlook conquest, and to win renown. --Shak. 2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] --Cotton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outlook Out"look`, n. 1. The act of looking out; watch. 2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. --Lyon Playfair. 3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance. Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. --Young.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(outlooks) 1. Your outlook is your general attitude towards life. I adopted a positive outlook on life... We were quite different in outlook, Philip and I. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, also in N 2. The outlook for something is what people think will happen in relation to it. The economic outlook is one of rising unemployment... = prospect N-SING: oft supp N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Watch. 2. Prospect, view, sight. 3. Foresight. 4. Watch-tower, lookout.

Moby Thesaurus

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