Meaning

5 senses
  1. A place from which something can be viewed.

    Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.

    Aussichtspunkt

    наблюда́тельный пунктnabljudátelʹnyj punkt

  2. The view from such a place.

    Aussicht, Ausblick

    видvid, панора́маpanoráma

  3. An attitude or point of view.

    He has a positive outlook on life.

    Einstellung, Ansichten

    то́чка зре́нияtóčka zrénija, взглядvzgljad

  4. Expectation for the future.

    The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.

    Aussicht, Ausblick

    перспекти́выperspektívy, ви́ды на бу́дущееvídy na búduščeje, ви́дыvídy

    belief about (or mental picture of) the future

  5. (Hong Kong, colloquial, no plural)Look; appearance

Examples

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

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

  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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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
place from which something can be viewed:
view from such a place:
attitude, point of view:
expectation for the future:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
place from which something can be viewed:
view from such a place:
attitude, point of view:

Origin

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn

From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “outside + surface”) and English look (“appearance”). Same etymology as Cantonese outlook.

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Forms

plural: outlooks
Singularoutlook
Pluraloutlooks

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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