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• IPA: /vjuː/

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue (French: vue), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French: voir).

Noun

view (plural views)

1. The act of seeing or looking at something.

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

2. The range of vision.

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

3. Something to look at, such as a scenery.

   My flat has a view of a junkyard.

4. A picture.

   There was a view of the accident site on the front page.

5. A mental image.

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

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

   Your view on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings.

7. A point of view.

   From my view that is a stupid proposition.

8. An intention or prospect.

   I gave you the money with the view that you would invest it wisely.

9. (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
10. (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user, the part the user interacts with; a user interface to the underlying logic of the program.
11. A wake

Antonyms

• (part of computer program): model, controller

Derived terms

Derived terms

angle of view bankruptcy view bird's-eye view by-view clear view screen counterview exploded view field of view in full view in view of out of view page view

pay-per-view point of view rear-view viewable view angle view camera viewfinder/view finder viewgraph viewless viewpoint viewy worldview/world-view/world view worm's-eye view/worm's eye view

Related terms

• interview
• preview
• review
• overview

Translations

seeing

Croatian: pogled (hr) m. Dutch: zicht (nl) n., beeld (nl) n. Estonian: vaade (et) Finnish: näkymä (fi)

Hungarian: látás (hu), nézés (hu) Norwegian: utsyn (no) n., utsikt (no) m., sikt (no) m. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m. Spanish: vista (es) f.

range of vision

Croatian: vid (hr) m., vidik (hr) m., vidokrug (hr) m. Czech: dohled (cs) m. Dutch: zicht (nl) n. Estonian: vaateväli (et) Finnish: näköpiiri, näköala

Hindi: दर्शन (hi) (darśan) m. Hungarian: látómező (hu) Norwegian: sikt (no) m. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m.

something to look at

Arabic: منظر (ar) (mánZar) m. Armenian: տեսարան (hy) (tesaran) Catalan: vista f. Chinese: Mandarin: 觀點 (zh), 观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn), 景色 (zh) (jǐngsè) Croatian: pogled (hr) m. Danish: udsigt (da) Dutch: zicht (nl), uitzicht (nl) n. Estonian: vaade (et) Finnish: näkymä (fi), näköala (fi) French: vue (fr) f. German: Anblick (de), Sicht (de) f., Ansicht (de) f. Hungarian: kilátás (hu), látvány (hu)

Italian: veduta (it) f. Japanese: 景色 (ja) (けしき, keshiki) Korean: 경치 (ko) (gyeongchi) Latin: adspectus (la) m. Malayalam: കാഴ്ച (kaazhcha) Norwegian: utsikt (no) m. Persian: دید (fa) (did), منظره (fa) (manzare) Polish: widok (pl) m. Portuguese: vista (pt) f. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m. Spanish: vista (es) f. Swedish: vy (sv), utsikt (sv) Telugu: దృశ్యం (dRSyaM)

picture

Azeri: görünüş (az) Croatian: slika (hr) f. Dutch: beeld (nl) n., afbeelding (nl)

Estonian: kujutis (et) Finnish: näkymä (fi), kuva (fi) Hungarian: felvétel (hu), kép (hu)

mental image

Croatian: pogled (hr) m., gledište (hr) n. Czech: vize (cs) f. Dutch: zicht (nl) n., overzicht (nl) n., visie (nl) f. Esperanto: vido (eo) Estonian: ettekujutus (et)

Finnish: kuva (fi), käsitys (fi) Hungarian: rálátás (hu) Norwegian: syn (no) n. Swahili: maoni (sw)

way of understanding

Croatian: razmatranje (hr) n., mišljenje (hr) n. Dutch: opvatting (nl), visie (nl) f. Esperanto: vido (eo) Estonian: arusaam (et) Finnish: näkemys (fi)

Hindi: दर्शन (hi) (darśan) m. Hungarian: nézet (hu) Norwegian: synspunkt (no) n. Russian: взгляд (ru) (vzgljad) m. Swahili: maoni (sw)

point of view

Croatian: stajalište (hr) n., gledište (hr) n., perspektiva (hr) f. Czech: pohled (cs) m., názor (cs) m. Danish: syn (da) Dutch: mening (nl) f., visie (nl) f.

Estonian: seisukoht (et) Finnish: näkökulma (fi) Hungarian: szempont (hu) Norwegian: synspunkt (no) n.

intention

Dutch: bedoeling (nl) f., vooruitzicht (nl) n. Estonian: oletus (et) Finnish: oletus (fi), tarkoitus (fi)

Hungarian: szándék (hu) Swahili: maoni (sw)

computing: logical table in database

Dutch: view (nl) c. German: Sicht (de) f. Italian: vista (it)

Latin: visus (la) m. Turkish: görünüm (tr)

computing: user interface part of program

Dutch: view (nl) c., beeld (nl) n. German: Sicht (de) f.

Norwegian: visning (no) m. Turkish: geçerli görünüm (tr), görünüm menüsü (tr)

Verb

view (third-person singular simple present views, present participle viewing, simple past and past participle viewed)

1. (transitive) To look at.

   He viewed the painting and praised the artist for his masterpiece.

2. (transitive) To show.

   To view the desktop, click the small desktop icon on the bottom of your screen.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:deem

Translations

to look at

Armenian: դիտել (hy) (ditel) Azeri: görüş (az) Catalan: veure Croatian: vidjeti (hr) Czech: dívat se na (cs), prohlížet si (cs) Dutch: bekijken (nl), kijken (nl) naar (nl) Estonian: vaatlema (et) Finnish: vilkaista (fi), katsoa (fi), nähdä (fi) French: regarder (fr) German: sehen (de), anschauen (de)

Hebrew: רואה (ro'e) Ido: spektar (io) Italian: guardare (it) Norwegian: se på (no) Persian: دیدن (didan) Polish: widok (pl) Portuguese: ver (pt) Russian: видеть (ru) Spanish: ver (es) Telugu: చూచు (choochu)

to show

Czech: zobrazit (cs)

Derived terms

• preview
• review
• viewer
• viewing

See also

• see
• look
• voyeur

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: late · bed · living · #531: view · although · knowledge · hath

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