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lookout

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[ look-out ]

noun

  1. the act of looking out or keeping watch.
  2. a watch kept, as for something that may happen.
  3. a person or group keeping a watch.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. a station or place from which a watch is kept.
  5. an object of care or concern:

    That's not my lookout.

  6. Chiefly British. view; prospect; outlook:

    The business lookout is far from optimistic.



Lookout

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[ look-out ]

noun

  1. Cape Lookout, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off eastern North Carolina, southwest of Cape Hatteras: known for its lighthouse.

lookout

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noun

  1. the act of keeping watch against danger, etc
  2. a person or persons instructed or employed to keep such a watch, esp on a ship
  3. a strategic point from which a watch is kept
  4. informal.
    worry or concern

    that's his lookout

  5. outlook, chances, or view
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to heed one's behaviour; be careful

    look out for the children's health

  2. to be on the watch

    look out for my mother at the station

  3. tr to search for and find

    I'll look out some curtains for your new house

  4. foll byon or over to face in a particular direction

    the house looks out over the moor

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lookout1

First recorded in 1690–1700; noun use of verb phrase look out
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Idioms and Phrases

see keep an eye out for (sharp lookout) ; on the lookout . Also see entries beginning with look out .
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It found the vessels did not have "dedicated lookouts" in what were "patchy conditions".

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An oil tanker and cargo ship that crashed in the North Sea did not have "dedicated lookouts" in what were "patchy conditions", an interim report has found.

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He also asked his crew to be on the lookout for clearings - free from trees and bushes - just in case one was needed.

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Like a detective, she’s always on the lookout for contradictory gospels about Jesus’ origin story.

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He said he has all the red noses apart from one - an extremely uncommon piece of memorabilia which came out in 2019 - and he is still on the lookout for one.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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