lookout
English
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Etymology
From the verb phrase look out.
Pronunciation
Noun
lookout (plural lookouts)
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- We kept a lookout all night, but nobody came.
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.
- 2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Absence of lookouts contributed to Margam deaths”, in Rail, page 20:
- A lack of lookouts was partially responsible for the deaths of two track workers at Margam East Junction in south Wales on July 3, according to an interim report published by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch on December 5. [...] "The absence of a lookout with no involvement in the work activity removed a vital safety barrier," says the report.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 6
- Looking, seeing: search or searching; Looking-for (B.), expectation; Lookout, a careful watching for: an elevated place from which to observe: one engaged in watching. 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.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 6
- 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.
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
vantage point with a view of the surrounding area
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a session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
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person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.
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subject for observation
perspective, outlook, responsibility
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Further reading
- “lookout”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lookout”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.