outlook

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A place from which something can be viewed.

   • Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.
   • This fetched tears from the innocent eyes, those Caſements and out-looks of the tender heart of our Lord Jeſus, vvho beholding the City Jeruſalem vvept over it, […]
2. 2

   The view from such a place.

   • Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows.
3. 3

   An attitude or point of view.

   • He has a positive outlook on life.
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   1. 4

      Expectation for the future.

      • The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.
   2. 5

      To face or look in an outward direction.

      • This old man with the ſythe, olde father Tyme they call, / And hir his daughter Trueth, which holdeth yonder Booke, / Whome he out of his rocke hath brought forth to vs all, / From whence this many yeares ſhe durſt not once out looke.
      • A Towre [...] is, or ought to be [...] mounted with bulwarks, towred with turrets, battailed for out-looking artillerie, enclosed with ditches [...]
   3. 6

      To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away

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

      • [...] I drew this gallant head of war, And cull’d these fiery spirits from the world, To outlook conquest and to win renown Even in the jaws of danger and of death.
      • There made they stand; there euerie eye, fixt on each other, stroue Who should outlooke his mate amaz’d:
      • [...] the news of the judgment to come, in the Preachers mouth, will be under an heavy suspicion of fraud and cheat, and in fine, pass but for fictions [...] too weak to outlook a brave glittering temptation:
   4. 7

      To be more attractive than (someone or something).

      • 1862, B. F. Taylor, diary entry dated 5 November, 1862, in E. R. Hutchins (ed.), The War of the Sixties, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1912, p. 36, Burnside, handsome, stately, outlooked his chief on horseback as on foot.
   5. 8

      To inspect throughly

      To inspect throughly; to select.

   6. 9

      To look beyond (something).

      • [...] to fit minds to so even a temper, that both should round the same circle, and never out-look the Horizon of their reciprocal Interest, is a work altogether impossible.
   7. 10

      look

      look; appearance

      • Well, first impression strikes. The other half must be somewhat attractive on the outlook to capture you attention ...... how else would you noptice^([sic]) his/her existance?^([sic]) Agree?
      • Find some wooden block under the box to separate it with the ground, do the same to the wire if possible. But the wood is another concern then. May be get a concrete brick la if you can accept its outlook.

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