noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/
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/ˌaʊtˈlʊk/
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CMU ARPABET:AW1 T L UH2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A place from which something can be viewed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vantage point, overlook, prospect
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The view from such a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An attitude or point of view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He has a positive outlook on life.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attitude, opinion, perspective, point of view, vantage point, viewpoint, standpoint
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Expectation for the future.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expectation, prognosis, prospect
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
look; appearance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, colloquial, no-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To face or look in an outward direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive, literary
Examples
1610, Gervase Markham, Markhams Maister-peece, or, What Doth a Horse-man Lack? London, Chapter 103 “Certaine speciall Notes to be obserued in buying of a horse,” pp. 204-205, ... marke his colour and his shape, that is to say, a comely well proportioned head, with an outlooking eye, good well raised shoulders, and a thicke large breast ...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: look out
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outstare, face down, browbeat, overcome
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To be more attractive than (someone or something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Examples
1731, Mary Delany, letter dated 4 October, 1731, in George Paston (ed.), Mrs. Delany (Mary Granville): A Memoir, 1700-1788, London: Grant Richards, 1900, p. 64, Nobody’s equipage outlooked ours except my Lord Lieutenant’s, but in every respect I must say Mrs. Clayton outshines her neighbours ...
1793, Hester Piozzi, letter dated 22 May, 1793, in Oswald G. Knapp (ed.), The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, London: The Bodley Head, 1914, p. 89, ... Sally quite outlooked her sister by the bye, and was very finely drest.
1862, B. F. Taylor, diary entry dated 5 November, 1862, in E. R. Hutchins (ed.), The War of the Sixties, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1912, p. 36, Burnside, handsome, stately, outlooked his chief on horseback as on foot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To inspect throughly; to select.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Examples
1689, Charles Cotton, “The Angler’s Ballad” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bassett et al., p. 76, Away to the Brook, All your Tackle out look, Here’s a day that is worth a year’s wishing; See that all things be right, For ’tis a very spight To want tools when a man goes a fishing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To look beyond (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
the act of looking out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lookout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look, looking, looking at
12
noun
Meaning 12
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mentality, mindset, mind-set
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attitude, mental attitude
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Old English lōcian Middle English loken English look English outlook From out- + look.
From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “outside + surface”) and English look (“appearance”). Same etymology as Cantonese outlook.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
наблюдателен пункт
(nabljudatelen punkt)
— place from which something can be viewed
Czech:
vyhlídka
— place from which something can be viewed
Esperanto:
vidpunkto
— place from which something can be viewed
Finnish:
näköalapaikka
— place from which something can be viewed
German:
Aussichtspunkt
— place from which something can be viewed
Italian:
punto di vista
— place from which something can be viewed
Portuguese:
perspectiva
— place from which something can be viewed
Russian:
наблюда́тельный пункт
(nabljudátelʹnyj punkt)
— place from which something can be viewed
Swedish:
utsiktspunkt
— place from which something can be viewed
Bulgarian:
гледка
(gledka)
— view from such a place
Czech:
výhled
— view from such a place
Finnish:
näköala
— view from such a place
Finnish:
näkymä
— view from such a place
French:
vue
— view from such a place
Galician:
panorama
— view from such a place
German:
Aussicht
— view from such a place
German:
Ausblick
— view from such a place
Hungarian:
kilátás
— view from such a place
Hungarian:
látvány
— view from such a place
Italian:
vista
— view from such a place
Romanian:
vedere
— view from such a place
Romanian:
perspectivă
— view from such a place
Romanian:
priveliște
— view from such a place
Russian:
вид
(vid)
— view from such a place
Russian:
панора́ма
(panoráma)
— view from such a place
Swedish:
utsikt
— view from such a place
Bulgarian:
гледна точка
(gledna točka)
— attitude, point of view
Esperanto:
vidpunkto
— attitude, point of view
Finnish:
näkemys
— attitude, point of view
French:
point de vue
— attitude, point of view
German:
Einstellung
— attitude, point of view
German:
Ansichten
— attitude, point of view
Hungarian:
szemléletmód
— attitude, point of view
Hungarian:
gondolkozásmód
— attitude, point of view
Indonesian:
pandangan
— attitude, point of view
Irish:
mana
— attitude, point of view
Italian:
punto di vista
— attitude, point of view
Portuguese:
ponto de vista
— attitude, point of view
Romanian:
punct de vedere
— attitude, point of view
Romanian:
perspectivă
— attitude, point of view
Russian:
то́чка зре́ния
(tóčka zrénija)
— attitude, point of view
Russian:
взгляд
(vzgljad)
— attitude, point of view
Spanish:
parecer
— attitude, point of view
Swedish:
åsikt
— attitude, point of view
Armenian:
հեռանկար
(heṙankar)
— expectation for the future
Bulgarian:
изглед
(izgled)
— expectation for the future
Bulgarian:
перспектива
(perspektiva)
— expectation for the future
Czech:
výhled
— expectation for the future
Finnish:
tulevaisuudenkuva
— expectation for the future
Finnish:
tulevaisuudennäkymät
— expectation for the future
Finnish:
näkymät
— expectation for the future
Finnish:
näkymä
— expectation for the future
French:
perspective
— expectation for the future
German:
Aussicht
— expectation for the future
German:
Ausblick
— expectation for the future
Hungarian:
kilátás
— expectation for the future
Indonesian:
harapan
— expectation for the future
Indonesian:
ramalan
— expectation for the future
Italian:
prospettiva
— expectation for the future
Romanian:
perspectivă
— expectation for the future
Russian:
перспекти́вы
(perspektívy)
— expectation for the future
Russian:
ви́ды на бу́дущее
(vídy na búduščeje)
— expectation for the future
Russian:
ви́ды
(vídy)
— expectation for the future
Swedish:
framtidsutsikt
— expectation for the future
