outlook

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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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.

Example sentences

The students who have benefited from the opportunity so far are have no doubts

that it has shaped their outlook and prospects.

Perhaps there is an extrovert bias in your outlook on them.

And so the outlook for the next two years is a little frightening.

She faced challenges with being divorced as well as a single parent, but her

outlook on life has always been positive.

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"The white man regards the universe as a gigantic machine hurtling through time and space to its final destruction: individuals in it are but tiny organisms with private lives that lead to private deaths: personal power, success and fame are the absolute measures of values, the things to live for. This outlook on life divides the universe into a host of individual little entities which cannot help being in constant conflict thereby hastening the approach of the hour of their final destruction."

-unknown author

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