OUTLOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outlook mean? 

• OUTLOOK (noun)
  The noun OUTLOOK has 3 senses:

1. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

3. the act of looking out

  Familiarity information: OUTLOOK used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTLOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mentality; mind-set; mindset; outlook

Hypernyms ("outlook" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Belief about (or mental picture of) the future

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

expectation; outlook; prospect

Hypernyms ("outlook" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlook"):

hope; promise (grounds for feeling hopeful about the future)

foretaste (an early limited awareness of something yet to occur)

possibility (a future prospect or potential)

anticipation; expectancy (something expected (as on the basis of a norm))

apprehension; misgiving (painful expectation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of looking out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lookout; outlook

Hypernyms ("outlook" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

 Context examples 

A state of emotional depression which may result in a negative outlook on life.

(Despondency, NCI Thesaurus)

Our points of view and outlook on life at least were very alike.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Many planets are gathered in your seventh house of committed partnerships, so the outlook for you is either extremely happy or not happy at all, with almost no room in between.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There is a vaccine for the virus, but once you have the condition there is no treatment, other than drugs that can reduce symptoms but not change the long-term outlook.

(Scientists A Step Closer to Drug Treatment for Hepatitis B, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) My Parkinson's symptoms make it hard to maintain a positive outlook.

(PDQUALIF - Positive Outlook Difficult, NCI Thesaurus)

The status of one's general temperament and outlook on life.

(Emotional Well-being, NCI Thesaurus)

But the outlook for people with HIV/AIDS is improving.

(Living with HIV/AIDS, NIH)

I thought of his words as I watched my uncle that morning, for I believe that no victim tied to the stake could have had a worse outlook before him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, according to a new study, the outlook for this critical insect is mostly grim.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

Self-enhancing humour, meanwhile, entails maintaining a humorous outlook in potentially stressful and adverse situations.

(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)