Fromout- +look.
outlook (pluraloutlooks)
- A place from which something can beviewed.
- Synonyms:vantage point,overlook
Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hiddenoutlook.
1666 October 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar),Edward Waterhous[e], “To His Noble Friend and Kinsman, Sr.Edwarde Turno[u]r, Knight; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons in this Present Parliament”, inA Short Narrative of the Late DreadfulFire in London: […], London: […] W. G. for Rich[ard] Thrale […], and James Thrale […], published1667,→OCLC,page97:This fetched tears from the innocent eyes, those Caſements andout-looks of the tender heart of our LordJeſus, vvho beholding the CityJeruſalem vvept over it,[…]
- Theview from such a place.
1960 December, “Modern lightweight coaches of the Swiss Federal Railways”, inTrains Illustrated, page 745, photo caption:Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificentoutlook through the wide windows.
- Anattitude orpoint of view.
- Synonyms:attitude,opinion,perspective,point of view,vantage point,viewpoint
He has a positiveoutlook on life.
- Expectation for thefuture.
- Synonyms:expectation,prognosis,prospect
Theoutlook for temperature rises is worrying.
place from which something can be viewed
expectation for the future
outlook (third-person singular simple presentoutlooks,present participleoutlooking,simple past and past participleoutlooked)
- (intransitive, archaic, literary) Toface orlook in anoutwarddirection.
- Synonym:look out
1577,Raphaell Holinshed, “Queene Elizabeth”, inThe Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne,→OCLC,page1792, column 1:This old man with theſythe, olde father Tyme they call, / Andhir his daughter Trueth, which holdeth yonder Booke, / Whome he out of his rocke hath brought forth to vs all, / From whence this many yeares ſhe durſt not onceout looke.
- 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,[1]
- [...] marke his colour and his shape, that is to say, a comely well proportioned head, with anoutlooking eye, good well raised shoulders, and a thicke large breast [...]
1622,Samuel Purchas,The Kings Towre and Triumphant Arch of London[2], London, published1623, pages32–33:A Towre [...] is, or ought to be [...] mounted with bulwarks, towred with turrets, battailed forout-looking artillerie, enclosed with ditches [...]
1895,Henry van Dyke, “Alpenrosen and Goat’s Milk”, inLittle Rivers[3], New York: Scribner, page150:[...] would we look at the rooms?Outlooking on thepiazza, with a balcony from which we could observe theFesta of to-morrow.
1932,William Faulkner, chapter 20, inLight in August,[New York, N.Y.]:Harrison Smith & Robert Haas,→OCLC; republished London:Chatto & Windus,1933,→OCLC,page460:The train stopped: the slow aisle, still interrupted withoutlooking, then the descent among faces grave, decorous, and judicial: [...]
- (transitive, archaic) To look at (someone) solong orintently that they look away; towin orprevail over (someone or something).
- Synonyms:outstare,face down,browbeat,overcome
c.1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii]:[...] I drew this gallant head of war,
And cull’d these fiery spirits from the world,
Tooutlook conquest and to win renown
Even in the jaws of danger and of death.
[1611?],Homer, “Book XI”, inGeo[rge] Chapman, transl.,The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter,→OCLC; republished asThe Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London:Charles Knight and Co., […],1843,→OCLC,page235:There made they stand; thereeuerie eye, fixt on each other,stroue
Who shouldoutlooke his mate amaz’d:- The spelling has been modernized.
1645,Henry Hammond,XXXI Sermons Preached on Several Occasions[4], London: Richard Royston, published1684,Sermon 8, p. 519:[...] the newsof the judgment to come, in the Preachers mouth, will be under an heavy suspicion of fraud and cheat, andin fine, pass but for fictions [...] too weak tooutlook a brave glittering temptation:
1838,Thomas Miller, chapter 37, inRoyston Gower[5], London: W. Nicholson, page329:Once or twice he attempted tooutlook the Saxon prisoner, but Hereward shrank not beneath his glance [...]
1911,Henry Gilbert, chapter 11, inKing Arthur’s Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys & Girls[6], Edinburgh & London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page299:The pain which the king suffered would have softened any ordinary heart; but the murderer was a hard and callous wretch, and his brazen eyesoutlooked the king.
- (transitive, obsolete) To be moreattractive than (someone or something).
- 1731,Mary Delany, letter dated 4 October, 1731, inGeorge Paston (ed.),Mrs. Delany (Mary Granville): A Memoir, 1700-1788, London: Grant Richards, 1900, p. 64,[7]
- Nobody’s equipageoutlooked 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,[8]
- [...] Sally quiteoutlooked 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,[9]
- Burnside, handsome, stately,outlooked his chief on horseback as on foot.
- (transitive, obsolete) Toinspectthroughly; toselect.
- 1689,Charles Cotton, “The Angler’s Ballad” inPoems on Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bassettet al., p. 76,[10]
- Away to the Brook,
- All your Tackleout 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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To look beyond (something).
1680, John Yalden,Compendium Politicum, or, The Distempers of Government[11], London: Robert Clavel, page54:[...] to fit minds to so even a temper, that both should round the same circle, and neverout-look the Horizon of their reciprocal Interest, is a work altogether impossible.
Fromout +look. Perhaps influenced byChinese外表(literally“outside + surface”) andEnglishlook(“appearance”). Same etymology asCantoneseoutlook.
outlook (plural not attested)
- (Hong Kong, colloquial)look;appearance
1996 March 14, Bugs,soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment[12] (Usenet):How ignorant you are! Admiring theoutlook of a same sex person has nothing to do with gay! Some of my male friends admire Andy Lau's and Leslie Cheung's looks quite a lot, but unfortunately, they are NOT gay, not BI, they are totally STRAIGHT!
1996 August 7, JT,soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment[13] (Usenet):Well, first impression strikes. The other half must be somewhat attractive on theoutlook to capture you attention ...... how else would you noptice[sic] his/her existance?[sic] Agree?
1998 October 7, Felix M.C. Li,hk.rec.audio-visual[14] (Usenet):Find some wooden block under the box to separate it with the ground, do the same to the wire if possible. But the wood is another concern then. May be get a concrete brick la if you can accept itsoutlook.
1998 December 19, and...@my-dejanews.com,hk.rec.audio-visual[15] (Usenet):If you accept the sound of Emsemble[sic] Reference. I am sure you will like Primaddona[sic] Gold. The Primaddona[sic] Gold is much better than the Reference in every aspect. The only draw back is probably theout-look, some people, including my mother, said it look like a coffin.
2000 November 28, Choi Kim Lui, “The Development of Motorboat Services in Hong Kong”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)[16]:Walla-walla was at first nick-named by the European passengers as the engine of the vessel was very noisy. Theoutlook of the walla-walla (Class 1 motorboat) did not change much in the past decades. The wooden hull, the below-loadline cabin (ie without deck) and the engine in the front part of the cabin were characteristics of these boats.
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FromEnglish. SeeEnglishoutlook.
outlook
- (Hong Kong Cantonese)look;appearance;outfit
