Look Out

Definition: Look Out

Look Out

Verb

1. Be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!".

2. To protect someone's interests; "A man's gotta look out for his family.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Look Out

Care

Watchfulness; Adjective: vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre.

Expectation

Verb: expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder; at, not wonder if.

Inquiry

Look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round; look over, go over, look through, go through; spy, overhaul.

Intention

Contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look out.

Warning

Interjection: beware! ware! take care! look out! fore!, mind what you are about!, take care what you are about! mind!

Crosswords: Look Out

The Inquisition, let's begin, the Inquisition, look out sin, we're on a mission to convert the Jews. (History of the World Part 1; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

Look out that window, Eden isn't burning its burnt. (Reign of Fire; writing credit: Damon Packard)

Beth look out there's someone in the room, he's right behind you! (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter)

If not, look out for the last one! (Arabesque; writing credit: Gordon Cotler; Julian Mitchell)

You don't look out for yourself, the only helping hand you'll ever get is when they lower the box. (Hud; writing credit: Harriet Frank Jr.; Larry McMurtry)

Oh, look out (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

Look out! Joe got his hook out (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)

Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing (Gloria; performing artist: Patti Smith)

To the sound of the beat look out (Another One Bites The Dust; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: John Deacon)

Can you look out the window (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Look Out Below (1929)

The Look Out Girl (1928)

Look Out Below (1919)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Look Out the Window. (reference)

• Look Out, Houndour! (Pokemon Gold & Silver Tales, 8) (reference)

• Look Out, Patrick (reference)

• The Rainbow Fish Look Out For the Shark! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Look out for the Cheater (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Measuring a base line through the tall sawgrass Look out for snakes!. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Plane table survey in the water Look out for the crocs!!!!. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Look out for the manatee!. Credit: America's Coastlines.

NSSL Doppler with rainshaft nearby. If you don't believe the radar, look out the window. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

If You Are In This Area : Look Out For Scrub Typhus Fever. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The goblins'll get you if you don't look out!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Look out below!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Magnesium. A rigger and a welder at the new Basic Magnesium plant in the southern Nevada desert look out across the growing impressiveness of the plant they are helping to build. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was the only opening by which he could look out into life.

Every rat had two eyes to look out of.

You look out on the way back.

He gained so far upon me that I ventured to look out of the back window.

First look out for worms, and supply vacancies by planting anew.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Guatemala

Either way, it is not very practical to target government sales if a firm does not have anyone in Guatemala to be on the look out for the opportunities and then to assist with obtaining the specifications and meeting the deadlines for submission. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "look out": look out for ♦ look out for number one ♦ look out for oneself ♦ look out for squalls ♦ look out of the corner of smb.'s eye ♦ look out on ♦ look out on to ♦ look out over ♦ To look out. Additional references.

Albanian

zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, detect, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, explore, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, find out, hit, hunt down, invent, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), vigjilencë (alertness, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), vëzhgim (espial, monitoring, notice, sampling, surveillance, watch), shikoj për, rojë (custodian, escort, guard, guards, guardsman, janitor, keeper, picket, piquet, sentinel, sentry, vigil, ward, watchman), pikë vrojtimi (viewpoint), perspektivë (distance, outlook, perspective, possibility, prospect, vista), kujdes (care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, deliberation, diligence, guard, lo, nursing, pains, regard, safeguard, take care, tendance, thought, treatment, trust, wariness), gjej (ascertain, assure, be, be present, catch, come across, dig up, discover, distil, distill, divine, fetch, figure out, find, find out, get, guess, hit, hunt down, hunt out, hunt up, meet with, obtain, pick out, procure, root out, scare up, search out, trace). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake), ‏طل (dew, dominate, overlook), ‏خدر (anaesthesia, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthesia, anesthetize, benumb, creep, deaden, drug, narcotize, numb, numbness, opiate, stupefaction, stupefy, stupor, torpid, torpor), ‏إنتبه (be careful, note, notice, observe, pay attention, take notice), ‏إحترس (beware). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стража (guard, sentry, watch, watchmen), грижа (attention, care, concern, custody, heed, keeping, oversight, regard, solicitude, study, tendance, trouble, worriment, worrit, worry), гледам (eye, gape, lamp, look, look at, look on, look through, manage, mind, nurse, open, overlook, point, regard, see, see into, tend, view, watch), внимавай (beware, look ahead, take care, watch it), внимавам (attend, be careful, beware, go slow, guard, mind, see, ware, watch out), внимание (addresses, attention, caution, count, heads up, heed, note, notice, precaution, regard, remark, respect, solicitude, study), вахта (watch), отговорност (accountability, amenability, blame, care, charge, job, liability, responsibility, trust), наблюдение (care, observation, supervision, surveillance, watch), наблюдателен пост, зоркост, бдителност (alertness, guard, outlook, vigilance, wakefulness, watch), потърсвам (ask for, look for, look up, seek, seek out, try to find), перспективи, изгледи (potentiality). (various references)

Chinese 

當心 (to look out, to take care). (various references)

Czech

vyhlídka (chance, outlook, perspective, prospect, viewpoint, vista), vyhlížet (look, watch for, watch out), pozor (attention, caution, mind), dívat se ven, dávat pozor. (various references)

Finnish

varoa (be careful, be on one's guard). (various references)

French

vigilance, surveillance, regarder par la fenêtre, regarder dehors, poste de guet (lookout, lookout station), homme de guet, guetteur (look-out man), guet, faire attention (look after), chercher (look, look for, look up), attention. (various references)

German

vorsicht (attention, caginess, care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, circumspectness, guardedness, lookout, precaution, prudence, wariness, watch out), pass auf (watch out), hinaussehen (see out), hinausschauen, hinausgucken, heraussuchen (hunt off, search out), heraussehen (see out), herausschauen, herausgucken (peep out), gehen (ambulate, go, go down, going, head, lead, leave, leaving, market, move, pass, prove, quit, step, to ambulate, to go, walk, walking, work), ausschau halten, aufpassen (advert, be attentive, be on the watch, invigilate, keep an eye on, look after, mind, pay attention, pay attention to, supervise, supervising, to pay attention, to watch, to watch out, watch, watch out, watch out for, watching), achtung (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, caution, danger, deference, esteem, estimate, estimation, get ready for it, regard, respect, watch out). (various references)

Greek 

προσέχω (advert, attend, be mindful, beware, care, heed, keep an eye on, listen, look after, look at, mind, notice, pay attention (to), reck, see to, take note, take notice of, watch out). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצפ�" (expectant, observation point, pre-settlement, watchtower), ל�"ש�'יח (care, look after, monitor, notice, oversee, regard, supervise, tend, watch), ל�"ז�"ר (be careful, beware, mind, watch), תצפית (forecast, observation, spotting), ז�"ירות (care, carefulness, caution, discreetness, discretion, mind, observation, prudence, steady, take care, wariness). (various references)

Hungarian

vigyázz (attention, beware of the trains!, get set, go!, nix, on your marks, ready, steady), vigyáz (be careful, look after, oversee, regard, take care, to attend, to attend to sy, to mind, to pay attention, to play injun, to see after, to stand on one's guard), kinéz (look, seem, to look out), keres (ask after, ask for, feel, got, hunt for, look for, quest, search, seek after, to addle, to earn, to get, to look for, to mouse, to pick up, to take five hundred dollars a week), óvakodik (beware, to beware, to look out). (various references)

Italian

vista panoramica, vigilanza (alertness, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), vedetta (scout, vedette), prospettiva (luck, outlook, perspective, prospect, view, vista), osservatorio (observatory), guardia (constable, garde, guard, guarders, guardsman, keeping, minder, policeman, sentry, ward, watch, watcher). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

臨む　 (to attend function, to deal with, to face, to look out on), 臨む (to attend, to deal with, to face, to look out on), 面する (to face on, to look out on to), 見渡す (to look out over, to survey, to take an extensive view of), 見張る　 (to look out, to stand guard, to watch), 見張る (to look out, to open one's eyes wide, to watch, toguard). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のぞむ (to attend, to command, to deal with, to desire, to face, to look out on, to see, to wish for), め�"する (to face on, to look out on to), みわたす (to look out over, to survey, to take an extensive view of), みはる (to look out, to open one's eyes wide, to watch, toguard). (various references)

Manx

trow (instance, observation), post arrey, boayl arrey, arrey (attention, Cabinet minister, care, caution, feeder, guard, guard post, invigilation, reserve, surveillance, vigilance, watch). (various references)

Pig Latin

ooklay outay

Portuguese

ter cuidado (beware, watch one's step), acautelar-se (beware). (various references)

Romanian

privi afarã, fii atent (have a care, mind you), fi atent de seamã, cãuta (covet, ferret, forage, fossick, Hunt, look about for, look for, look out for, look up, make a search, nose, quest, search after, search for, seek, seek for, want), atenţie (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, be careful, care, careful, carefulness, caution, closeness, complaisance, consideration, deliberation, have a care, heed, here goes, homage, interest, lookout, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, regard, remark, stand by, thought, vigilance, watch). (various references)

Russian 

вид (air, appearance, aspect, complexion, description, figuration, form, genue, genus, guise, hang, kind, look, make, mien, mode, outlook, prospect, shape, show, sight, sort, species, spp., variety, view, visage, vision, vista), осторожно (carefully, cautiously, choicely, deliberately, easy does it, gently, gingerly, guardedly, in kid gloves, reservedly, warily, with care, with kid gloves, with reserve), наблюдатель (bystander, looker, looker on, observer, onlooker, scrutinizer, spectator, stander, supervisor, watcher), быть настороже (be on guard, be on one's guard, know the time of day), берегись (take care), бдительность (alertness, circumspection, vigilance, vigilante gang, watchfulness), подыскивать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stražarenje (lookout), straža (dogwatch, guard, lookout, patrol, sentinel, sentry, sentry go, watch), paziti (be careful, cherish, heed, look after, mind, pay attention, ware, watch), pazi (nix, shun), osmatračnica (crow's nest, lookout, observatory, outlook, watch tower), osmatrač (lookout, observer, scout, spotter), gledati (look, look on, see, view, watch), braniti (advocate, defend, guard, protect, shield). (various references)

Spanish

ojo (blinker, cave, eye, hole, optic, peeper, set, span), atención (acuity, advertence, advertency, alertness, attention, attentiveness, beware, care, chariness, fore, heed, kindness, notice, regard, solicitude, thoughtfulness), buscar (ferret, fetch, forage for, get, go after, home in on, Hunt, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, investigate, lay hold of, look, look for, look out for, look round, look up, pick, pick up, prospect for, pursue, quest, scout for, scrounge around for, search, search after, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, take, to look for, turn up), de observación (observational), escoger (choose, cull, elect, Favor, favour, go for, mark down, mark out, opt, pick, pick out, select), estar vigilando a, miradero (vantage point, viewpoint), atalaya (beacon, watchtower), observación (comment, diagnosis, investigation, keeping, lieu, note, observation, remark, sighting), vigilancia (alertness, attendance, maintenance, oversight, service, stake out, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, watch, watchfulness), optar (opt, select), perspectiva (outlook, perspective, proposition, prospect, tender, view), puesto de observación (observation post), puesto de observar, tener cuidado (advert, be careful, beware, care, mind, pay attention, pay attention to, take care, watch, watch one's step, watch out, watch out for), tener ojo (look, watch, watch out), vigía (watch, watchtower), mirar hacia fuera. (various references)

Swedish

vetta (face, give, look, open), titta ut, se ut (look, seem), se upp (look alive, mind, watch your step), se sig för (be careful), akta (be careful of, esteem, guard, respect, take care of, take notice of). (various references)

Turkish

sorun (case, cause, difficulty, funeral, grievance, hangup, hurdle, ill, issue, knot, packet, problem, proposition, question, trouble), seçmek (adopt, be particular about, choose, co opt, constitute, coopt, cull, decide on, decide up, descry, distinguish, elect, hand-pick, intend, intend for, opt, perceive, pick, pick out, plump for, postulate, select, single out, spot), kollama, gözetleme yeri, gözetleme (lookout, observation, observing, peek, peeping, spying on, surveillance, watching), gözcülük yapma, gözcü (lookout, observer, picket, spotter, usher, watchman), dikkat etmek (be careful, behold, give heed to, heed, keep an eye on, look sharp, look to, make a point of, mind, note, notice, pay attention to, pay heed to, remark, take care, take care of, take heed, take heed of, ware, watch, watch one's step, watch out), dikkat et (be careful, nix, nota bene, watch out), dikkat (application, attention, attentiveness, beware, care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, cave, fore, note, notice, regard, remark, shun, ware, watch out, watchfulness), dışarı bakmak, beklenti (expectance, expectancy, expectation, hope, jam tomorrow, prospect, view), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), ümit (expectance, expectancy, expectation, hope, sight, trust). (various references)

Ukrainian

стережися (cave, mind your eye, steady), спостереження (observation, onlooking, outsight, remark, watch, watching), виглядати (peek), обережно (beware, carefully, deliberately, discreetly, gently, gingerly, guardedly, handle with care, look ahead, nix, providently, steady), бути насторожі, підшукувати, пильність (alertness, guard, vigilance, watch, weather-eye). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lookout, outlook.

-3 letters: kolo, koto, look, loot, lout, tolu, took, tool.

-4 letters: loo, lot, oot, out, too.

-5 letters: lo, to, ut.

+1 letter: lookouts, outlooks.