outlook

[ out-look ]

noun

1. the view or prospect from a particular place.

   Synonyms: scene

2. mental attitude or view; point of view:

   one's outlook on life.

   Synonyms: approach, position, viewpoint, attitude

3. prospect of the future:

   the political outlook.

   Synonyms: scene

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.

outlook

/ ˈaʊtˌlʊk /

noun

1. a mental attitude or point of view
2. the probable or expected condition or outcome of something

   the weather outlook

3. the view from a place
4. view or prospect
5. the act or state of looking out

Word History and Origins

Origin of outlook¹

First recorded in 1660–70; out- + look

Example Sentences

The long-term seasonal outlooks predict whether it will be hotter or colder, or wetter or drier, than normal over the next three months.

From Science News

Revenue isn’t the only statistic where male and female business owners’ outlooks now differ.

From Fortune

We asked our survey group what might make their outlook by year’s end better — or worse — than the median forecasts they gave us in the survey.

From FiveThirtyEight

Anthony and Katie shared tales of how, starting with a grim outlook, they were able to ultimately succeed in partnership with developers, or just succeed anyway.

From Search Engine Land

There’s a lot of uncertainty in the outlook, so the tipping-point state could easily turn out to be Florida or Pennsylvania or something more unexpected like North Carolina.

From FiveThirtyEight

And surprisingly, gender may also play a role in your bleak winter outlook.

From The Daily Beast

Among other things, I wanted to see what effect their line of work had had on their general outlook.

From The Daily Beast

At an early screening at Liberty University, a Saving Christmas co-producer, one student left with a new outlook.

From The Daily Beast

His outlook on life is totally different and so is the way he feels valued.

From The Daily Beast

Payne said her entire outlook on life changed when she started taking female hormones.

From The Daily Beast

Modified and amended as their system is in its practical application, it still largely conditions our outlook to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

The high tower of the keep, several hundred feet above the sea, afforded scope for a most magnificent outlook.

From Project Gutenberg

This strong-minded man, who thought things out for himself, impressed Tchaikovsky, and changed his political outlook.

From Project Gutenberg

A resigned little room, like Sara Lee, resigned to being tucked away in a corner and to having no particular outlook.

From Project Gutenberg

This outlook into the supreme domain of nature lifts us, for the first time in our work, definitely above the lower world of life.

From Project Gutenberg

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