lookout
/ˈlʊkaʊt
/noun
1A place from which to keep watch or view the landscape: [as modifier]: a fortified lookout tower a lookout point with breathtaking views...
- Keiko watched patiently as the soldier one hundred metres away from their spot continued his patrol on the walls and entered the lookout tower adjoining the city walls.
- After metal detectors and searches, I was let in through two gigantic automated gates, watched from a lookout tower.
- From the lookout area, the view embraces the valley
Synonyms
observation post, lookout point, lookout station, lookout tower, watchtower, tower, post;
coastguard station
1.1A person stationed to keep watch for danger or trouble: they acted as lookouts at the post office...
- The witness denied under cross-examination that she had exaggerated what she heard at the toilet or that she and the other boy had acted as lookouts.
- One minute they're playing video games, the next they're acting as lookouts for patrols of militia men.
- Other members of the gang acted as lookouts while one of the men walked into the office and out of the store with the cash.
Synonyms
watchman, guard, watch, sentry, sentinel, night watchman, scout, picket
historical vedette
1.2 archaic A view over a landscape.A few hundred meters from the entrance, there is a fine lookout over the plain....
- You'll see a beautiful hemlock stand, a fine lookout and acidic Bat Lake.
2 [in singular, with adjective] informal, chiefly British Used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad: ‘What if he gets fits?’ ‘It’s a bad lookout in that case.’...
- When a trust feels under pressure to set its own standards of political correctness from fear of an employment tribunal (self censorship) it is a bad lookout for medicine.
- If Erik's secrets cease to be Erik's secrets, it will be a bad lookout for a goodly number of the human race!
- It is a bad lookout, boys - a very bad lookout. There, don't talk about it any more. I do not want to make your mother unhappy.
Synonyms
outlook, prospect, view of the future, future;
chances, expectations
Phrases
be one's (own) lookout
be on the lookout (or keep a lookout) for