lookout, outlook
(noun) the act of looking out
expectation, outlook, prospect
(noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future
mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set
(noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outlook (plural outlooks)
A place from which something can be viewed.
Synonyms: vantage point, overlook
The view from such a place.
An attitude or point of view.
Synonyms: attitude, opinion, perspective, point of view, vantage point, viewpoint
Expectation for the future.
Synonyms: expectation, prognosis, prospect
outlook (third-person singular simple present outlooks, present participle outlooking, simple past and past participle outlooked)
(intransitive, archaic, literary) To face or look in an outward direction.
Synonym: look out
(transitive, archaic) To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).
Synonyms: outstare, face down, browbeat, overcome
(transitive, obsolete) To be more attractive than (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To inspect throughly; to select.
(transitive, obsolete) To look beyond (something).
• Lookout, look out, look-out, lookout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*look", v. t.
1. To face down; to outstare. To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak.
2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] Cotton.
Out"look`, n.
1. The act of looking out; watch.
2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. Lyon Playfair.
3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance. Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
