lookout

¹

[ look-out ]

noun

1. the act of looking out or keeping watch.
2. a watch kept, as for something that may happen.
3. a person or group keeping a watch.

   Synonyms: guard, patrol, sentry, sentinel

4. a station or place from which a watch is kept.
5. an object of care or concern:

   That's not my lookout.

6. tailpiece ( def 4 ).
7. Chiefly British. view; prospect; outlook:

   The business lookout is far from optimistic.

Lookout

²

[ look-out ]

noun

1. Cape Lookout, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off eastern North Carolina, southwest of Cape Hatteras: known for its lighthouse.

lookout

/ ˈlʊkˌaʊt /

noun

1. the act of keeping watch against danger, etc
2. a person or persons instructed or employed to keep such a watch, esp on a ship
3. a strategic point from which a watch is kept
4. informal.
   worry or concern

   that's his lookout

5. outlook, chances, or view

verb

1. to heed one's behaviour; be careful

   look out for the children's health

2. to be on the watch

   look out for my mother at the station

3. tr to search for and find

   I'll look out some curtains for your new house

4. foll byon or over to face in a particular direction

   the house looks out over the moor

Word History and Origins

Origin of lookout¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; noun use of verb phrase look out

Idioms and Phrases

see keep an eye out for (sharp lookout) ; on the lookout . Also see entries beginning with look out .

Example Sentences

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From Ozy

And, during a tough year, finding ways to turn those losses into wins is key to those advertisers on the lookout for new ways to work their dollars harder.

From Digiday

Some clubs like Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur experimented with archive short-form content at a time when those advertisers that were still spending were on the lookout for pre-roll video ad inventory.

From Digiday

We will be on the lookout for any problems that prevent people from voting — such as mail ballot delivery problems, changed voting locations, long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines and voter intimidation.

From ProPublica

Not only does this mean Lookout didn’t sacrifice much U-pick business during the initial wave of the pandemic, but it also gave Mofenson and his team a chance to reconfigure the entire operation ahead of the anticipated fall crowds.

From Eater

The lookout guy seems a bit younger and is also described as a black man, wearing a red baseball cap.

From The Daily Beast

In August 2010, a formal “Be on the Lookout” list was created instructing staff to flag applications of tea party groups.

From The Daily Beast

And later it came out that the word “progressive” was also used to flag applications on another IRS “Be on the Lookout” list.

From The Daily Beast

Kyle was said to have served only as a lookout while the others jumped.

From The Daily Beast

Sometime afterward he got in his Jeep and drove the winding road to Hanapepe lookout.

From The Daily Beast

They appreciated by now that he was not the kind to give up without a fight, therefore they were on the lookout.

From Project Gutenberg

He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.

From Project Gutenberg

Be on the lookout for blue Buick sedan, nineteen thirty-nine model, red wheels, being driven by Raymond Delancy.

From Project Gutenberg

The continuation of the shoal between the islands and Point Lookout was not clearly ascertained.

From Project Gutenberg

Keeping a sharp lookout he soon came to a road that ran in the direction he wished to go.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sentry