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Look·out  (lkout), Cape
A point on a sandy reef off eastern North Carolina southwest of Cape Hatteras. A lighthouse was built here in 1859.

look·out  (lkout)
n.
1. The act of observing or keeping watch.
2. A high place or structure commanding a wide view, used for observation.
3. One who keeps watch.
4. South Atlantic U.S. Outlook; view.
5. An object of concern or worry. See Synonyms at affair.

lookout
Noun
1. the act of watching for danger or for an opportunity: on the lookout for attack
2. a person or people keeping such a watch
3. a viewpoint from which a watch is kept
4. Informal worry or concern: that is my lookout rather than theirs
5. Chiefly Brit chances or prospect: it's a bad lookout for Europe
Verb
look out
1. to be careful
2. to watch out for: look out particularly for oils that have been flavoured
3. to find and take out: little time to look out clothes that she might need
4. (foll. by on, over)to face in a particular direction: looking out over the courtyard
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Lookoutlookout - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
security guard, watchman, watcher - a guard who keeps watch
2.Lookoutlookout - an elevated post affording a wide view
meteorological observation post, weather station - one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
post, station - the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
3.Lookoutlookout - a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
observation dome - lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
widow's walk - a lookout atop a coastal house
4.lookout - the act of looking out
looking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"

lookout
noun 1. watchman, guard, sentry, sentinel, vedette Military
noun 3. watchtower, post, tower, beacon, observatory, citadel, observation post
noun 4. (Informal) concern, business, worry, funeral (informal) pigeon Brit. (informal)
Translations
lookout [ˈlukaut] look n (= tower etc) → poste m de guet (= person); guetteur m;
to be on the lookout (for) → guetter
lookout [ˈlukaut] look n (= tower etc) → Ausguck m (= person); Wachtposten m;
to be on the lookout for sth look → nach etw Ausschau halten


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When night came she went forth with silent foot and obtained food for herself and her kittens, but feigning to be afraid, she kept a lookout all through the day.
Notwithstanding that both Clayton and his wife kept a sharp lookout they saw nothing of larger animals, though on two occasions they had seen their little simian neighbors come screaming and chattering from the near-by ridge, casting frightened glances back over their little shoulders, and evincing as plainly as though by speech that they were fleeing some terrible thing which lay concealed there.
As the car crossed the zone of scattered dwellings that separated Oakland from Berkeley, he kept a lookout for a familiar, two-story building along the front of which ran the proud sign, HIGGINBOTHAM'S CASH STORE.
 
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