(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.
Prospectus
Definition:
(n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prospectus revealed he has an agreement with Dorsey to vote his shares, which expires when the company goes public in November.
(2) Minimum investment is £200, and the share prospectus states that interest of 6% will be paid from year three of trading.
(3) How do young people view prospectuses – do they see them as marketing or as a true reflection of the university?
(4) Bradley argues that, while young people are generally good at spotting advertising, university prospectuses are different and can slip under the radar of skepticism.
(5) ■ The risk factors outlined in the prospectus run to 18 pages.
(6) Many ministers were also privately pressing Brown not to dwell on his record in handling the recession, but instead on offering an optimistic prospectus for the future.
(7) The news comes as it releases its much-anticipated rights issue prospectus (Barclays is raising £6bn to improve its capital reserves).
(8) His visionary prospectus was for nations to come together to underpin global prosperity and thus freedom – and for which a single currency was an indispensable pillar.
(9) "There's a sense that prospectuses are factual," he says.
(10) Google included the full text of the Playboy interview in an amended SEC filing and explained several factual differences between the article and its prospectus.
(11) • Salmond and Sturgeon put extending childcare at the centre of their prospectus.
(12) The TSB prospectus shows that Lloyds is also helping the newly spun-off bank - which has been back on the high streets since September - to become more profitable by handing over an extra £3.4bn of loans, which are expected to generate £230m of additional profit by 2017.
(13) The company has ambitious plans to expand – in its share prospectus it said it had bought land in five city centres to expand its hospital services.
(14) Make a list of possible courses by scouring prospectuses and speaking to teachers, students and lecturers.
(15) The heavily indebted Russian firm today published its flotation prospectus, revealing that it planned to raise $2.6bn (£1.6bn) in an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares this month in an attempt to cut debt and raise its international profile.
(16) The company's prospectus acknowledges this: "Owing to Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload heritage, some users and music suppliers may not favour using or engaging with Baboom, and labels may be reluctant to license material.
(17) The deputy prime minister will issue a "call to arms for visionaries" to set out radical plans for new housing schemes as he announces the publication of a prospectus inviting bids from councils.
(18) Wheatley said: "An IPO [initial public offering] that goes, on the back of a prospectus and a marketing campaign, to a premium, does not of itself generate a suspicion of regulatory failure."
(19) The Scottish government will publish a white paper finally detailing its "prospectus for independence", setting out the Scottish National party's vision for an independent Scotland.
(20) If court approval is speedy, BG will publish the document on Tuesday and Shell will issue its prospectus on the same day.