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# lookout

«lookout» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who keeps watch for danger or for someone coming** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lookout is a person who keeps watch for danger or for someone coming. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [Serengeti lions rest on rocky outcrops called kopjes, which give them shade, a lookout and safe dens for cubs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/5/)
- [A rabbit thumps its back foot on the ground to warn of danger, because rabbits are prey animals and always on the lookout.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/12/)
- [Sam was told to be the «lookout» for a street fight — and spent the whole evening feeling sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/3/)
- [A «lookout» for a fight is part of the fight; adults and police treat lookouts as joining in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/17/)
- [Saying no to being a lookout and telling a trusted adult is the safe choice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lookout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.