From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue (French vue), feminine past participle of veoir (French voir).

• IPA: /vjuː/, /vɪu̯/

view (plural views)

1. (physical) Visual perception.
   1. The act of seeing or looking at something.

      He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.

      • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC ↗:

        Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.

      • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC ↗:
        , Book II, Chapter XXI

        Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.

   2. The range of vision.

      Synonyms: sight, eyeshot

      If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.

      • 1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:

        The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.

   3. Something to look at, such as scenery.

      Synonyms: vista

      My flat has a view of a junkyard.

      the view from a window

      • 1799, Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope:

        'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.

      • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC ↗, page 20:

        "Well, there don't seem to be any what you might call views about here," he agreed. […] "I've been through the Willawee Ranges forty miles west of here, and I can guarantee the views there."

   4. (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.

      Synonyms: pageview, play

   5. (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.
      • c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece:

        [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.

2. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.

   a fine view of Lake George

3. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
   1. A mental image.

      I need more information to get a better view of the situation.

      • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene v]:

        I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.

   2. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.

      Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.

      • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC ↗, book I, page 21 ↗:

        to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty

   3. A point of view.

      From my view that is a stupid proposition.

   4. An intention or prospect.

      He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon.

      • a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC ↗:

        No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does

      • 1903, Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, page 116:

        With this view, they made a Guy Faux, or dummy figure of a boy, dressed in coat and cap; such as might in a poor light be mistaken for a living figure.

4. (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
5. (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
6. A wake.

• (antonym(s) of “part of computer program”): model, controller

• French: vue
• German: Aussicht
• Italian: vista
• Portuguese: visão
• Russian: вид
• Spanish: vista

• French: vue
• German: Aussicht
• Italian: vista
• Portuguese: vista
• Russian: вид
• Spanish: vista

• French: vue
• German: Anblick, Sicht, Ansicht
• Italian: veduta, vista
• Portuguese: vista
• Russian: вид
• Spanish: vista

• French: vue, (Canada) visionnement
• German: Aufruf
• Italian: visualizzazione
• Portuguese: visualização, reprodução
• Spanish: reproducción, visualización, visitas

• Russian: вид

• French: vision
• Italian: visione, opinione
• Portuguese: visão
• Spanish: visión

• French: regard
• Portuguese: visão
• Russian: взгляд
• Spanish: mirada, visión

• French: point de vue, opinion
• Italian: punto di vista
• Portuguese: ponto de vista
• Russian: то́чка зре́ния

• Russian: наме́рение

• French: vue
• German: Sicht, View
• Italian: vista
• Portuguese: view, visão
• Russian: представле́ние

• French: vue
• German: Sicht

view (views, present participle viewing; simple past and past participle viewed)

1. (transitive) To look at.

   The video was viewed by millions of people.

2. (transitive) To regard in a stated way.

   I view it as a serious breach of trust.

• See also Thesaurus:deem

• French: regarder, considérer
• German: sehen, anschauen
• Italian: guardare
• Portuguese: ver
• Russian: ви́деть
• Spanish: ver