lookout

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Noun

lookout (plural lookouts)

1. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
2. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.

   The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.

3. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
4. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).

   Every man's interest is his own lookout.

   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 6

     [...] And, you know, she OUGHT to keep enough to pay for her season-ticket; but no, she comes to me about that, and I have to find the money."

     "It's a poor lookout," said Mrs. Morel bitterly.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 27

     "Strickland's painting in my studio."

     "Well?"

     [...]

     "Strickland can't work with anyone else in the studio."

     "Damn it all, it's your studio. That's his lookout."

Synonyms

• sentry
• vigil
• watch
• surveillance

Translations

vantage point with a view of the surrounding area

• Czech: pozorovatelna (cs) f, vyhlídka (cs) f, rozhledna (cs) f
• Danish: udkig (da), udkigspost (da), udkigspunkt (da)
• Finnish: näköalapaikka (fi)

• French: poste de guet (fr)
• Greek: παρατηρητήριο (el) (paratiritírio) n 

person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.

• Arabic: (e.g., on a ship) ناطور (ar) (naaTuur) m
• Czech: hlídka (cs) f, pozorovatel (cs) m
• Danish: udkig (da), udkigsmand (da), vagtpost (da)
• Finnish: vartiomies (fi), tähystäjä (fi)

• French: sentinelle (fr) f, guetteur (fr) m
• Greek: παρατηρητής (el) (paratiritís) m 
• Jèrriais: dgetteux
• Maori: matira (mi)
• Turkish: gözcü (tr)

perspective, outlook, responsibility

• Russian: забота (ru) (zabóta) f , дело (ru) (délo) n 

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Translations to be checked

• German: Ausguck (de) m

• Serbo-Croatian: stražara, stražarnica

External links

• lookout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lookout in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• outlook