lookout
1lookout — ► NOUN 1) a place from which to keep watch or view landscape. 2) a person stationed to keep watch. 3) informal, chiefly Brit. a good or bad prospect or outcome. 4) (one s lookout) Brit. informal one s own concern. ● be on the lookout (or keep a… …
2Lookout — Look out , n. 1. A careful looking or watching for any object or event. [1913 Webster] 2. The place from which such observation is made. [1913 Webster] 3. A person engaged in watching; a sentinel; a sentry. [1913 Webster] 4. Object or duty of… …
3lookout — index caretaker (one caring for property), spy, surveillance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 lookout …
4lookout — [look′out΄] n. 1. an alert, careful watching for someone or something 2. a place for keeping watch, esp. a high place affording an extensive view 3. a person detailed to watch; sentry 4. Chiefly Brit. outlook, esp. for the future 5. Informal… …
5Lookout — (spr. Luckaut), mehre Vorgebirge in verschiedenen nord u. südamerikanischen Staaten …
6lookout — also look out, person who stands watch or acts as a scout, 1690s, from LOOK (Cf. look) + OUT (Cf. out). Verbal phrase look out be on the watch attested from c.1600 …
7lookout — [n] guard; place from which to guard anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat*, citadel, crow’s nest*, cupola, eagle eye*, hawk, observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry …
8lookout — noun 1 be on the lookout for to watch a place or situation continuously in order to find something you want or to be ready for problems or opportunities: Police were on the lookout for anyone behaving suspiciously. | We re always on the lookout… …
9lookout — look|out [ˈluk aut] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 be on the lookout for somebody/something 2 keep a lookout 3¦(person)¦ 4¦(place)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) be on the lookout for sb/sth to continuously watch a place or pay attention in order to find something you want or to be… …
10lookout — [[t]l ʊkaʊt[/t]] lookouts 1) N COUNT A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp. 2) N COUNT A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn… …
