outsight en · NOUN
Etymology
From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
When we live by outsight, we become submissive to fate.
1897, Ursula Newell Gestefeld, How we master our Fate:This means honing their “outsight” —the capacity to perceive external things—and helping their constituents develop that ability as well.
2007, James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner, The leadership challenge:It can key her into broad areas of emotional import, and therefore of personal significance, which if made relevant to the subject matter would provide some children with opportunities for linking insights to outsights, [...]
1968, Richard Matthew Jones, Fantasy and feeling in education:
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(countable, uncountable) Expectation; prospect.
Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there.
2009, E. Milton Scott, Hinges of Time:
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outsights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |