(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.
Scenario
Definition:
(n.) A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
Example Sentences:
(1) We didn’t take anyone’s votes for granted and we have run a very strong positive campaign.” Asked if she expected Ukip to run have Labour so close, she said: “To be honest with you I have been through more or less every scenario.
(2) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(3) According to the International Energy Agency, 147m Indians will remain without electricity into 2030 under a business as usual scenario emphasising coal.
(4) In the lowest prevalence scenario (0.02 initial prevalence), initiation of the program resulted in a projected savings of 2.3 life years per HIV-negative drug user, compared with 1.7 and 1.3 years under medium (0.25) and high (0.60) prevalence, respectively.
(5) They anticipated the following scenario: a struggling club fires its manager and enjoys an immediate upsurge.
(6) Even under the most optimistic scenarios, shale gas is projected to meet just 10% of European gas demand by 2030.
(7) The best scenario used in the new YATR strip each Sunday wins a shirt to the value of £50 from Kitbag .
(8) Each of the scenarios is divided into graded challenges.
(9) While they might technically have been denied a majority in that scenario, making up the two missing seats would have been trivial.
(10) This is the doomsday scenario, but according to a leaked report of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation – a team of university professors, lawyers and journalists who spent six months investigating Japan's response to the triple meltdown at the plant – it could all too easily have happened.
(11) But it is easier to foresee scenarios in which Italian growth and inflation are even weaker than now projected, and debt ratios keep rising.
(12) In any scenario, I can give an absolute guarantee that average pay for juniors will not reduce.” All you need to know about '#thehunteffect' Read more On working hours, Hunt wrote: “I can give an absolute guarantee to junior doctors that this contract will not impose longer hours.
(13) This review considers the biophysics of penetrating missile wounds, highlights some of the more common misconceptions and seeks to reconcile the conflicting and confusing management doctrines that are promulgated in the literature-differences that arise not only from two scenarios, peace and war, but also from misapprehensions of the wounding process.
(14) The testing found that ATEbank would have a Tier 1 capital ratio of 4.36% under the most adverse scenario, leaving it short of €242.6m.
(15) Could I see a scenario if he was PM and he asked me to do something?
(16) Under one scenario, a caretaker prime minister would take over until the next national election.
(17) An additional effect of the scenario is a considerable saving in total expenses for dental health care.
(18) Should we worry about the SF scenario – that a network of computers could develop a mind of its own and threaten us all?
(19) Six scenarios for human exposure were examined, based primarily on measured air and water concentrations of total hydrocarbons, benzene, xylenes, and toluene.
(20) The worst possible scenario, the report said, would be a 10-minute release of ammonia gas that would kill or injure no one.