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- Dictionarylookout/ˈlʊkaʊt/
noun
- 1. a place from which to keep watch or view the landscape: "a fortified lookout tower" Similar
- 2. used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad: informal British "‘What if he gets fits?’ ‘It's a bad lookout in that case.’" Similar
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LOOKOUT definition: 1. a person who watches for danger: 2. a high place where a person can look at what is happening…. Learn more.
The meaning of LOOKOUT is one engaged in keeping watch : watchman. How to use lookout in a sentence.
A lookout is usually so high that a person can see for a long distance in many directions when she stands on or in it. Armies sometimes use lookouts to scout for approaching troops, and navy ships include a lookout at the top of a tall mast, also called a "crow's nest."
1. countable noun. 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. Synonyms: watchtower, post, tower, beacon More Synonyms of lookout. 2. countable noun. A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it. 3. See keep a lookout.
noun. the act of looking out or keeping watch. a watch kept, as for something that may happen. a person or group keeping a watch. Synonyms: guard, patrol, sentry, sentinel. a station or place from which a watch is kept. an object of care or concern: That's not my lookout. tailpiece ( def 4 ).
lookout meaning, definition, what is lookout: someone whose duty is to watch carefully...: Learn more.
a person who has the responsibility of watching for something, especially danger, etc. One of the men stood at the door to act as a lookout. Idioms. be somebody’s lookout. (British English, informal) used to say that you do not think somebody’s actions are sensible, but that it is their own problem or responsibility.