view
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /vjuː/, /vɪu̯/
Noun

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.
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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.
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