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LOOKOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of looking out
Synonyms:
lookout; outlook
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lookout" is a kind of...):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
Derivation:
look out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
Synonyms:
lookout; lookout station; observation tower; observatory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lookout" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lookout"):
observation dome (lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory)
widow's walk (a lookout atop a coastal house)
Derivation:
look out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An elevated post affording a wide view
Synonyms:
lookout; observation post
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("lookout" is a kind of...):
post; station (the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lookout"):
meteorological observation post; weather station (one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded)
Derivation:
look out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Synonyms:
lookout; lookout man; picket; scout; sentinel; sentry; spotter; watch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lookout" is a kind of...):
security guard; watcher; watchman (a guard who keeps watch)
Derivation:
look out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)
Context examples:
Physicians have been taught for decades to consider AKI and CKD as separate, but our study shows that we have to approach the two diseases as interconnected, said lead author Paul Kimmel, M.D.. When people have chronic kidney disease, their doctors should be on the lookout for acute kidney injury.
(Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease each a risk of the other, NIH)
We must lay to, if you please, and keep a bright lookout.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A bad lookout for you if it is.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will be a bad lookout for the Count if the edge of that "Kukri" ever touches his throat, driven by that stern, ice-cold hand!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He found that this was no light task, and at wheel or lookout he steadily went over and over his lengthening list of pronunciations and definitions, while he invariably memorized himself to sleep.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"And the lookout will lean forward, and the blood will be warm in the face of the dealer. It is a strange thing. Always will they sit there, always; and the cards will never be turned."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
But the main—that's the big un, with the cloud on it—they usually calls the Spy-glass, by reason of a lookout they kept when they was in the anchorage cleaning, for it's there they cleaned their ships, sir, asking your pardon.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An' if he didn't, well, we'd keep a sharp lookout anyhow.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
How many of them could tie a lanyard knot, or take a wheel or a lookout?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Just then a sort of brightness fell upon me in the barrel, and looking up, I found the moon had risen and was silvering the mizzen-top and shining white on the luff of the fore-sail; and almost at the same time the voice of the lookout shouted, Land ho!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
