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lookout definition

look·out (lo̵ok′o̵ut′)

noun

  1. an alert, careful watching for someone or something
  2. a place for keeping watch, esp. a high place affording an extensive view
  3. a person detailed to watch; sentry
  4. Chiefly Brit. outlook, esp. for the future
  5. Informal concern; worry that's your lookout

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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