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lookout

noun
/ˈlʊkaʊt/

Etymology

Deverbal from look out.

Definitions

  1. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

    • Gulangyu island has a spectacular crows-nest lookout reached by winding stone staircases. From so high, the Nationalist islands look like lumps of cookie batter dropped onto the smooth harbor, with picturesque sailing junks not far away.

  2. A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.

    • We kept a lookout all night, but nobody came.

  3. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.

    • The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A subject for observation

      A subject for observation; a prospect or view.

    2. One's perspective, outlook

      One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).

      • Every person's interest is his own lookout.
      • "Strickland's painting in my studio." "Well?" […] "Strickland can't work with anyone else in the studio." "Damn it all, it's your studio. That's his lookout."

    3. An observation window.

      • Twenty-one of these vehicles were later converted into bogie brake vans for freight service. [...] The extreme width over the side lookouts is 9 ft.

    4. A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a…

      A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.

    5. A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

be on the lookout, be-on-the-lookout, fire lookout tower, keep a lookout, lookout man, lookout tower, on the lookout

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lookout. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lookout. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at lookout

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA