(n.) One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower.
(n.) The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
(2) With an increased understanding of the fundamental biologic characteristics of brain tumors, we should be able to improve the outlook for these patients.
(3) Moreover, the possibility that the situation in Europe will worsen further remains a significant risk to the outlook.
(4) Hopes that the Queen's diamond jubilee and the £9bn spent on the Olympics would lift sales over the longer term have largely been dashed as growth slows and the outlook, though robust with a growing order book, remains subdued.
(5) Yet the OBR’s list of basic assumptions in its 260-page report on the economic and fiscal outlook this week are not exactly controversial: the UK to leave the EU in 2019; slower import and export growth in the transitional period; a tighter migration regime.
(6) Chris Williamson, of data provider Markit, said: "A batch of dismal data and a gloomier assessment of the economic outlook has cast a further dark cloud over the UK's economic health, piling pressure on the government to review its fiscal policy and growth strategy.
(7) The study says: "The short-term outlook for the labour market looks bleak.
(8) McCall said the outlook remained uncertain: “The economic and operating environment remains uncertain, following the high levels of disruption and more recently the UK’s referendum decision to leave the EU, as well as the recent events in Turkey and Nice, which have affected consumer confidence.
(9) The author then describes new approaches to improving the vocational integration of persons with epilepsy, by focussing on the one hand on extending the range of occupational assessment, and the adoption of new job placement assessment, and the adoption of new job placement strategies on the other, which concurrently seek to influence those factors that are detrimental to the occupational outlook of the person with a seizure disorder (notably frequent seizures, psychiatric problems, low educational levels, negative employer attitudes).
(10) The IMF itself came under fire after it admitted in its World Economic Outlook report that officials had underestimated the effects of austerity measures on economic growth.
(11) Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, has made it plain that another downgrade is anticipated when the Washington-based organisation publishes its World Economic Outlook next week.
(12) When the critical early period, which still carries a high mortality, has been passed, the outlook is relatively favourable.
(13) The City regulator also used its Prudential Risk Outlook to reveal that the UK's biggest banks have been told they must have enough capital to withstand a plunge back into recession in the next four years.
(14) The "lock-in" effect is the single most important factor increasing the danger of runaway climate change, according to the IEA in its annual World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday.
(15) It appears that the administration of rhGM-CSF allows this high-dose regime of chemotherapy to be given safely and the early encouraging response rate adds support to the concept that increasing the dose of doxorubicin improves the outlook for patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcomas.
(16) It is concluded that the heretofore pessimistic outlook regarding complete quadriplegia is unwarranted and that a more aggressive approach may result in a better functional outcome.
(17) Signs that large companies are ready to start spending some of the cash piles they have been sitting on while smaller firms are prepared to borrow to expand reflect a brighter outlook for sales.
(18) It would be a mistake to rush it.” But, while revealing disappointing trading figures for the Christmas period and a gloomy outlook for 2017 , Wolfson said he did not think Brexit jitters were stopping people from shopping: “It is more the fact that incomes are likely to be squeezed.” Next's gloomy 2017 forecast drags down fashion retail shares Read more Wolfson was one of a handful of senior business leaders to openly back Brexit but has said in the past that the referendum vote was about UK independence, not isolation, and the country should be aiming for “an open, global-facing economy”.
(19) In what is being hailed as one of the first tangible signs in a change of outlook for Greece, the European Investment Bank has also agreed to inject up to €750m into the cashed-starved Greek economy with immediate effect.
(20) An outlook is given on the contemporary theories referring to the role of copper in nutrition.
Outset
Definition:
(n.) A setting out, starting, or beginning.
Example Sentences:
(1) From the outset, FK506 was used with low-dose steroids to treat 110 primary liver, 30 heart, and 66 kidney graft recipients.
(2) AIDS, having presented itself as a sporadic and ill defined entity, remained unrecognized in Central Africa until the outset of the present outbreak.
(3) "The absence of clear assessments of intended benefits at the outset of the projects means there is no baseline against which to measure achievements.
(4) Twenty-five percent of the patients had radiographic degenerative changes at the knee at the outset.
(5) From the outset the former Leicester University economics professor has made no secret of the fact this his “dysfunctional relationship” with Anastasiades and other central Bank board members had hindered his role in the post.
(6) In the meantime, Malaysia Airlines’ overwhelming focus will be the same as it has been from the outset – to provide the families with a comprehensive support programme.
(7) But this is fairly typical of the flat-footed and lackadaisical attitude that we’ve seen from the outset.
(8) Of this group, two had a single isolated episode of AF for which a specific precipitating factor was implicated, three had recurrent paroxysmal AF of which one progressed to chronic persistent AF, and three had chronic persistent AF from the outset.
(9) We had input from the company … We listened very carefully and thought about what they [BP] were saying.” From the outset, Wildsmith had made clear that the activist coalition she had been building since 2011 wished to create a “new normal” for shareholder resolutions.
(10) Initial evaluation, which included air and bone conduction audiometry, speech discrimination, electronystagmography (ENG), frequency of vertigo attacks per month, and disability, showed both groups to be comparable at the outset.
(11) In 3 cases of acrodermatitis enteropathica duodenal biopsy performed at the outset of treatment showed a similar abnormality of the intestinal mucosa.
(12) Patients who are not in shock and who are sufficiently strong to drink at the outset nearly always can be rehydrated with oral fluids alone.
(13) Philip French championed Boyle's career from the outset, describing his debut feature film, Shallow Grave , as "a good piece of storytelling... Hitchcock would have admired its ruthlessness and cruel humour."
(14) Ocado's float plan has been criticised from the outset, with analysts and institutional investors insisting the business was overvalued.
(15) Conceived in Washington DC during the Depression, the GNP (as it was then) was flawed from the outset.
(16) A model is proposed to guide empirical research aimed at identifying non-device users from the outset of treatment so that interventions to improve ATD use may be initiated or alternative interventions implemented.
(17) Orient, the League One leaders, dominated from the outset but paid for their profligacy in front of goal.
(18) It was obvious from the outset that Tulisa should never have had to go to court.
(19) All subjects completed body image measures at the outset of the study and 43 subjects completed measures again to determine trait stability of body image at 1 year.
(20) I suspect his lawyer advised him to back down and apologise at the outset, which would have been the cheapest and quickest solution, but it seems Wilmshurst has chosen to fight on despite all the adversities that the English justice system throws at him.