outsight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
  2. Expectation; prospect.
  3. Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.

Word forms

outsight outsights

Etymology

From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”).

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