_outlook_
Noun.
Pronunciation: aʊtlʊk.
Plural: outlooks.
Etymology: it is analysed into out- + LOOK, after the verb “to look out”.
1. a. The act of looking out, or of looking from within a building to the
outside. b. The act of looking out for something or someone; act of being on the
watch, or of exercising vigilance.
Translation: perspective, in French; perspectiva, in Spanish; prospettiva, in Italian.
Captain K. told me I had better go below, and
that he would keep an outlook and take a little tea biscuit
on deck.
Willis Abbot… American Merchant Ships and Sailors
Window
apertures are mainly of two kinds; those for outlook,
and those for inlet of light, many being for both purposes, and either purpose,
or both, combined in military architecture with those of offence and defence.
John Ruskin… The Stones of Venice
The
small party of soldiers who had kept watch there during the course of the
preceding night, and supplied sentinels both for ward and outlook, took arms on the appearance
of this individual, and drew themselves up in the form of a guard, which
receives with military reverence an officer of importance.
Walter Scott… Anne of Geierstein
-) On the outlook: on the watch.
He
is on the outlook for these scums of the earth.
Walter Scott… Redgauntlet
[…] he sent also an extract from his log-book of the transactions of the
day, which intimated their being on
the outlook for
a smuggling lugger.
Walter Scott… Guy Mannering
The
moment he turned the corner of her street, he saw Mrs Catanach standing on her
threshold with her arms akimbo; although she was always tidy, and her house
spotlessly trim, she yet seemed forever about the door, on the outlook at least, if not on the watch.
George MacDonald… Malcolm
2. A place from or
by which someone looks out; a look-out; a station or building from which a
look-out can be kept.
Presently
he discovered a log that jutted out over the swift current. From this outlook he believed he could allow
his bait to float down into an eddy that looked as though it might be the home
of a big hermit trout.
Quincy Allen… The Outdoor Chums…
3. The view
obtained by one who looks out; the view from a place.
Synonyms: prospect; sight.
On
entering the "garden-room" when I came down stairs, the glass door
standing open, I was charmed with the outlook
upon the gardens.
Andrew Hamilton… Sixteen Months in the Danish Isles
He
always remembered the appearance of the afternoon on which he awoke from his
dream. Not quite knowing what to do with
himself, he went up to an octagonal chamber in the lantern of a singularly
built theatre that was set amidst this quaint and singular city. It had windows all round, from which an outlook over the whole town and its
edifices could be gained.
Thomas Hardy… Jude the Obscure
Before
this picture sat Ethelberta in a light linen dress, and with tightly-knotted
hair--now again Berta Chickerel as of old--serving out breakfast to the rest of
the party, and sometimes lifting her eyes to the outlook
from the window, which presented a happy combination of grange scenery with
marine.
Thomas Hardy… The Hand of Ethelberta
When
I woke it was morning. A heavy fall of snow had covered everything during the
night, and the outlook was as desolate and dreary as
could be imagined.
Frank Bullen… The Log of a Sea-Waif
[The
room] was in the attic, and was a back room, though it had a pleasant outlook.
William Howells… A Chance Acquaintance
[…]
when at last Laura entered upon possession of the North Avenue house, she was
not […] altogether pleased with it, though she told herself the contrary. Outwardly it was all that she could
desire. It fronted Lincoln Park, and
from all the windows upon that side the most delightful outlooks were obtainable--green woods,
open lawns, the parade ground, the Lincoln monument, dells, bushes, smooth
drives, flower beds, and fountains.
Frank Norris… The Pit
Her
window had a pleasant
outlook
across the park.
Thomas Speight… Under lock and key
