Definition of
View
- (noun, cognition) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- (noun, cognition) the visual percept of a region
- (noun, act) the act of looking or seeing or observing
his survey of the battlefield was limited - (noun, location) the range of the eye
- (noun, cognition) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
I am not of your persuasion
what are your thoughts on Haiti? - (noun, communication) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- (noun, cognition) purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'
- (noun, artifact) graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment - (noun, attribute) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
- (noun, attribute) outward appearance
- (verb, cognition) deem to be
I consider her to be shallow
I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do - (verb, perception) look at carefully; study mentally
- (verb, perception) see or watch
This program will be seen all over the world
view an exhibition
Catch a show on Broadway
see a movie
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Synonyms of View
aspect, catch, consider, eyeshot, horizon, look at, opinion, panorama, perspective, persuasion, position, prospect, purview, reckon, regard, scene, see, sentiment, sight, survey, take in, thought, vista, watch
Alternate forms of View
Derivations: view, viewable, viewer
Hyponyms: abstract, adverse opinion, appreciate, background, bird's eye view, call, capitalise, capitalize, coast, conjecture, consider, contemplate, cutting edge, deem, disesteem, disrespect, esteem, expect, exposure, eyeful, eyes, favor, favour, forefront, foreground, futurism, glimpse, groak, ground, guess, hold, hypothesis, idea, idealise, idealize, identify, include, judgement, judgment, light, like, make, middle distance, mind, panoramic view, paradigm, parti pris, pole, political sympathies, politics, position, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession, preview, prise, prize, receive, reconsider, reify, relativise, relativize, respect, side, side view, sight, spectate, speculation, straddle, supposition, surmisal, surmise, tableau, take for, treasure, value, vanguard, view as, visualise, visualize, weltanschauung, world view
Hypernyms: aim, ambit, analyse, analyze, appearance, belief, believe, canvas, canvass, compass, conceive, consider, content, design, examine, graphic art, intent, intention, look, looking, looking at, message, orbit, orientation, purpose, range, reach, scope, study, subject matter, substance, think, visual aspect, visual image, visual percept, watch
Origin of the word View
- 1415, "formal inspection or survey" (of land), from Anglo-Fr. vewe "view," from O.Fr. veue, noun use of fem. pp. of veoir "to see," from L. videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "act of seeing, manner of regarding something" first recorded 1573. Meaning "sight or prospect of a landscape, etc." is recorded from 1606. The verb is 1523, from the noun. … more
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