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outsight

outsight noun: sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.

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.
    • When we live by outsight, we become submissive to fate.1897, Ursula Newell Gestefeld, How we master our Fate
    • 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
  2. Expectation; prospect.
    • Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there.2009, E. Milton Scott, Hinges of Time
  3. (Scotland) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.

outsight meaning in Tamil

outsight in Tamil

புறநோக்கு

Synonyms of outsight

Forms of outsight

pluraloutsights

Origin of outsight

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

Questions about outsight

What does outsight mean?
Outsight means sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
What is outsight in Tamil?
Outsight in Tamil is புறநோக்கு. See Outsight meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outsight?
Outsight is a noun.
What is the plural of outsight?
The plural of outsight is outsights.

Words near outsight in the dictionary

  1. outsifts
  2. outsigh
  3. outsighed
  4. outsighing
  5. outsighs
  6. outsight
  7. outsights
  8. outsilence
  9. outsilenced
  10. outsilences
  11. outsilencing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: outsight (page history and authors); outsight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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