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Noun: outlook  'awt,lûk
  1. A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
    "Developing a growth outlook can improve learning outcomes";
    - mentality, mindset, mind-set
     
  2. A mental position from which things are viewed
    "Her positive outlook helped her overcome difficulties";
    - point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint, slant
     
  3. Belief about (or mental picture of) the future
    "The economic outlook was gloomy";
    - expectation, prospect
     
  4. The act of looking out
    "From the hill, they had a good outlook over the valley";
    - lookout
     
  5. A place from which something can be viewed
    "from that outlook he could survey the whole valley";
    - vantage point, viewpoint

Derived forms: outlooks

Type of: attitude, belief, butcher's [Brit, slang], gander [informal], look, looking, looking at, mental attitude, position, posture, stance, vantage

Encyclopedia: Outlook, Saskatchewan