lookout

CEFRB2

/ˈlʊkaʊt/

noun

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noun
A person who watches for danger or a good view.
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noun
Extra detail
A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.

Examples

I'm on the lookout for a good introductory book about the Internet.
Now it would be better to keep a sharp lookout for what he might do.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
A subject for observation; a prospect or view.

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In context

They were on the lookout for a storm.
Every person's interest is his own lookout.
The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.

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From the high tower, the blank kept a close watch for any enemy soldiers.

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Gulangyu island has a spectacular crows-nest lookout reached by winding stone staircases. From so high, the Nationalist islands look like lumps of cookie batter dropped onto the smooth harbor, with picturesque sailing junks not far away.
1980 April 9 [1980 April 8], Jay Mathews, “Nationalist Islands Sound Siren Call to Mainland Chinese”, in The Washington Post, sourced from XIAMEN (Amoy), China, →ISSN, →OCLC, arch...
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.
2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Absence of lookouts contributed to Margam deaths”, in Rail, page 20
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[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 6, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
"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."
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 27”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
Twenty-one of these vehicles were later converted into bogie brake vans for freight service. [...] The extreme width over the side lookouts is 9 ft.
1941 February, Railway Magazine, page 75, untitled paragraph

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Origin

noun

Etymology tree English look outdeverb. English lookout Deverbal from look out.

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From the high tower, the blank— kept a close watch for any enemy soldiers.

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noun

From the high tower, the blank kept a close watch for any enemy soldiers.