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# lookout

noun (a lookout, lookouts; on the lookout); verb phrase «look out» (look out, looks out, looked out)

«lookout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lookout is a person who keeps watch for danger or for someone coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#m1)
2. A lookout is a high place from which you can see far, such as a tower or hilltop point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#m2)
3. To be «on the lookout» for something means to watch and search for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#m3)
4. (informal, UK) "That's your lookout" means it is your problem. The two-word verb «look out!» means "Be careful!". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, a lookout often stands guard while others do something (sailors, soldiers, or naughty children). In safety, «Look out!» is a warning shout. On walks and trips, a lookout point gives a view. Phrases: «keep a lookout», «on the lookout for», «stand lookout», «lookout tower», «Look out!».

### Examples

- The sailor in the crow's nest was the lookout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x1)
- Ben kept a lookout while we built the den. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x2)
- We climbed to the lookout and saw the whole valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x3)
- Be on the lookout for rabbits in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x4)
- "Look out! A car is coming!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x5)
- The lookout shouted when he saw land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x6)
- We're on the lookout for a cheaper bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x7)
- I'll be on the lookout." And he was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun, written as one word: «a lookout». The warning verb is two words: «Look out!». Do not mix with «outlook» (a view of the future, or someone's attitude).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lookout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lookout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lookout.html) on Mova free.