Meaning

5 senses
  1. (archaic, intransitive, literary)To face or look in an outward direction.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To be more attractive than (someone or something).

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To inspect throughly; to select.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To look beyond (something).

Examples

48 sentences
  1. The outlook for our business isn't good.

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  2. The Japanese are often criticized for being inward looking and insufficiently international in their outlook.

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  3. The investor is conservative in outlook.

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  4. The experience soured his outlook on life.

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  5. The outlook for the defense is grim.

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Origin

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn

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Forms

outlooks, outlooking, outlooked, outlooked
Base formoutlook · to outlook
3rd person singularoutlooks
Present participleoutlooking
Past simpleoutlooked
Past participleoutlooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutlook
he, she, itoutlooks

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutlooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outlooked
he, she, ithas outlooked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outlook

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoutlooker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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