Pronunciation
- IPA: /vjuː/
view (plural views)
- (physical) Visual perception.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
- 1671, John Milton, “Book the Fourth”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗:
- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗:, Book II, Chapter XXI
- Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
- (Internet) A pageview.
- The range of vision.
- If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
- 1697, John Dryden translating Virgil, The Aeneid
- The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- My flat has a view of a junkyard.
- the view from a window
- 1799, Thomas Campbell (poet), ''''
- 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
- (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.
- [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- a fine view of Lake George
- (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
- 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: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene v]:
- I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Your view on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗, book I, page 21 ↗:
- to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
- A point of view.
- From my view that is a stupid proposition.
- 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 6963663 ↗:
- No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does
- A mental image.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- A wake.
- (part of computer program) model, controller
- French: vue
- German: Anblick, Sicht, Ansicht
- Italian: veduta, vista
- Portuguese: vista
- Russian: вид
- Spanish: vista
- Russian: вид
- French: point de vue, opinion
- Portuguese: ponto de vista
- Russian: точка зрения
view (views, present participle viewing; past and past participle viewed)
- (transitive) To look at.
- The video was viewed by millions of people.
- (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
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