Associations to the word «Lookout»

Wiktionary

LOOKOUT, noun. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
LOOKOUT, noun. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.
LOOKOUT, noun. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
LOOKOUT, noun. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
LOOKOUT TOWER, noun. Watchtower
LOOKOUT TOWERS, noun. Plural of lookout tower

Dictionary definition

LOOKOUT, noun. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
LOOKOUT, noun. An elevated post affording a wide view.
LOOKOUT, noun. A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings.
LOOKOUT, noun. The act of looking out.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky