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outlook

/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/

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What does outlook mean?

noun

  1. A place from which something can be viewed.
  2. The view from such a place.
  3. An attitude or point of view.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Expectation for the future.
  2. look; appearance

verb

  1. (archaic, literary) To face or look in an outward direction.
  2. (archaic) To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).
  3. (obsolete) To be more attractive than (someone or something).
  4. (obsolete) To inspect throughly; to select.
  5. (obsolete) To look beyond (something).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

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If you are in that dreadful New York, I wish I could send you some of this lovely, breezy, sunshiny outlook.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
Open-mindedness, single-mindedness, sincerity, breadth of outlook, thoroughness, assumption of responsibility for developing the consequences of ideas which are accepted, are moral traits.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
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Psychology and the outlook of modern life are stressing the growth of independent responsibility and discrimination as the true basis of ethics.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
If the bleeding increases, the outlook becomes less favorable, and, as I have said, miscarriage is inevitable when it amounts to flooding.
J. Morris (Josiah Morris) SlemonsThe Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During PregnancyProject Gutenberg ebook #7129
This has to be borne in mind in connection with the present mental status of man, particularly in his outlook upon nature.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566