"outsight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: outsights [plural]
Etymology: From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|sight}} out- + sight, {{cog|nl|uitzicht||view, prospect, outlook}} Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), {{cog|de|Aussicht||view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective}} German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), {{cog|sv|utsikt||view, outlook, prospect}} Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} outsight (countable and uncountable, plural outsights)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outsight-en-noun-OYDtxCrX
  2. Expectation; prospect. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outsight-en-noun-dfHWcMDm
  3. (Scotland) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outsight-en-noun-dXZgWxo4 Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: observation Related terms: insight

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