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noun

the view or prospect from a particular place.

mental attitude or view; point of view: one's outlook on life.

prospect of the future: the political outlook.

the place from which an observer looks out; lookout.

the act or state of looking out.

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a watch kept; vigilance; lookout: a careful outlook to prevent forest fires.

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Origin:
1660–70; out- + look

Synonyms
1, 3. scene. 2. attitude, viewpoint, position, approach.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Example Sentences

The summer job outlook seems better than it has been in years, but the number of job-hunting youths is soaring, too.

First, the economic outlook has continued to dim for college graduates.

So the outlook for dividends, as reflected in swap prices, is historically unprecedented.

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The summer job outlook seems better than it has been in years, but the number of job-hunting youths is soaring, too.

First, the economic outlook has continued to dim for college graduates.

So the outlook for dividends, as reflected in swap prices, is historically unprecedented.

The bleak findings contrast with the improving outlook for rhinos elsewhere on the continent.

People often end up doing nothing or taking steps that worsen the long-term outlook.

Ignoring science in favor of a preferred outlook on the world can have devastating consequences.

But while spending is up online, the outlook is not entirely rosy.

The financial outlook for private colleges will remain.

And that policy is itself a sign that the central bank is extremely concerned about the economic outlook.

Even with the drought, the outlook for the marshes is better than a decade ago.

Even if more optimistic results about optimism eventually surface, a rosy outlook is unlikely to benefit everyone.

But you took the time to approach this subject from the perspective of a rational outlook instead of a blind eye.

The longer-run outlook for students lending and borrowers remains worrisome.

The grimness of the long-term economic outlook is one reason.

As a country, the outlook on sustainability is grim.

Its probability-based view of misfortunes helped to shape the scientific outlook.

First, the economy and consequent employment outlook for college graduates.

As the outlook deteriorates, so too will these countries' public finances.

The outlook for an increased ocean sink is no brighter.

It reveals a ridiculously superficial outlook on the sophisticated mating process of humans.

When the whole curve moves lower, it means that investors have a rosier inflationary outlook.

The outlook is equally dim for restoration of coordination in cases of severe nerve injury in other parts of the body.

Finance also has its equivalent of holy men, the gurus who pronounce on the market outlook.

If the past quarter of a century of vaccine research has been bleak, so has the outlook for a cure.

Yet amid the gloom the outlook for a robust recovery has actually been brightening.

The real challenge is having a positive, happy outlook while still worrying a bunch so you can live longer and still be thin.

Indeed, the job outlook makes further falls in immigrant numbers likely.

Penna area this week as shown by the bravery of youth or foolhardiness depending on your outlook.

Sometimes, as with the outlook for the swine-flu pandemic, progress and distress compete in the same story.

Wellinghoff's view also goes beyond the consensus outlook in the electric power industry about future sources of electricity.

The outlook for the biggest emerging economies is more encouraging.

There will have to be a long and severe crisis that will force us to change our habits and our outlook.

Mining output will remain a key-although weaker-driver of growth in the outlook period.

The outlook may depend on the result of a referendum.

And the outlook for the end-of-year shopping season is gloomy.

The outlook for growth has darkened for two main reasons.

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World English Dictionary

outlook (ˈaʊtˌlʊk)

—n
1.	a mental attitude or point of view
2.	the probable or expected condition or outcome of something: the weather outlook
3.	the view from a place
4.	view or prospect
5.	the act or state of looking out

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Word Origin & History

outlook

"mental view or survey," 1742, from out + look (v.). The meaning "prospect for the future" is attested from 1851. The literal sense of "vigilant watch, act or practice of looking out" (1815) is rare; look-out being used instead for this.

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