Etimology
From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta. Doublet of vista.
noun
view (plural views)
(physical) Visual perception.
A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
(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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Examples
He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
Synonyms: sight, eyeshot
If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
Synonym: vista
My flat has a view of a junkyard.
the view from a window
'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
"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."
Synonyms: pageview, play
[Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
a fine view of Lake George
I need more information to get a better view of the situation.
I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.
to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
There hasn’t been much polling data on consumer views of gene-edited foods, because they are still so new.
From my view that is a stupid proposition.
He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon.
No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does
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.
Related words
antonyms
(antonym(s) of "part of computer program"): model, controller
hyponyms
bankruptcy view
bird's-eye view
counterview
exploded view
page view
worm's eye view
worm's-eye view
related terms
angle of view
clear view screen
field of view
in full view
interview
in view of
out of view
overview
point of view
preview
review
view angle
view camera
view finder
verb
view (third-person singular simple present views, present participle viewing, simple past and past participle viewed)
(transitive) To look at.
(transitive) To regard in a stated way.
Examples
The video was viewed by millions of people.
Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.
I view it as a serious breach of trust.
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synonyms
See also Thesaurus:deem