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noun

Outlook n.

The act of looking out; watch.

One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower.

The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; sight; appearance. "Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms."

The likely outcome, such as is indicated by the present situation; prospects; prognosis; as, the outlook is grim.

The point of view or attitude of a person; as, one's outlook on life is affected by illness.

verb

Outlook v. t.

To face down; to outstare. "To outlook conquest, and to win renown."

To inspect throughly; to select. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Outlook'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outlook" Quotes from Famous Books

... he may do just what they do, he will soon become cheerfully alert and hopefully alive to all the possibilities of his peculiar position. It is true that natural disposition has much to do with one's outlook on life, but cheerfulness and a certain form of stoicism may be cultivated, and to the blind child these qualities are absolutely essential if he is to attain any measure of success in later life. It would be foolish for me to ignore ...

— Five Lectures on Blindness • Kate M. Foley

... Jessup slipped into an oratorical style—"have altered man's whole environment. Velasquez, sir, was a great artist, and Velasquez could paint, in his day, to beat the band. But I argue that, if you resurrected Velasquez to-day, he'd have to alter his outlook, and everything along with it, right away down to his brush-work. And I go on to argue that if I can't paint like Velasquez—which is a cold fact—it's equally a fact that, if I could, I oughtn't. Speed, sir: that's the great proposition—the principles ...

— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... great orchard sections in parts of Austria and northern France. This authentic information came through Mr. H. W. Collingwood, many years editor of the Rural New Yorker, and according to Mr. Collingwood's idea there has been no time in the history of the United States when the outlook for commercial orchards was so bright. He advises the widespread planting of commercial orchards to meet this new demand which has shown itself already in Europe and will greatly increase after the war ...

— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 • Various

... intelligent and voluntary attention, but on the discipline maintained by the institution or by the instructor. It is obvious that such instruction is stultifying to the teacher and can never develop in the student a liberal and cultured outlook upon life. ...

— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper

... frank and open admiration and affection displayed by Robin for his illegitimate cousin, as it was thought she was, and as Farmer Jocelyn had tacitly allowed it to be understood. If the two young people married, everybody agreed it would be the right thing, and the best possible outlook for the continued prosperity of Briar Farm. For after all, it was the farm that had to be chiefly considered, so they opined,—the farm was an historic and valuable property as well as an excellent paying concern. The great point to be attained was that it should go on as it ...

— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli

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