outsight

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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.

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Meanings

nounoutsight (countable and uncountable, plural outsights)

plural outsights

  1. countableuncountableSight 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
    2 more examples

    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

    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
  2. countableuncountableExpectation; prospect.

    Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there.

    2009, E. Milton Scott, Hinges of Time
  3. ScotlandcountableuncountableMovable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

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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APA

outsight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsight

MLA

“outsight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsight. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsight.

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