Noun: outlook 'awt,lûk
- 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
- A mental position from which things are viewed
"Her positive outlook helped her overcome difficulties";
- point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint, slant
- Belief about (or mental picture of) the future
"The economic outlook was gloomy";
- expectation, prospect
- The act of looking out
"From the hill, they had a good outlook over the valley";
- lookout
- 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