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[[Image:Vieux port Marseile.jpg|thumb|right|'''view''' of a city]]
[[Image:Vieux port Marseile.jpg|thumb|right|'''view''' of a city]]


# {{label|en|physical}} Visual perception.
# The act of [[see]]ing or [[look]]ing at something.
## The act of [[see]]ing or [[look]]ing at something.
#: {{ux|en|He changed seat to get a complete '''view''' of the stage.}}
##: {{ux|en|He changed seat to get a complete '''view''' of the stage.}}
#* {{w|John Milton}} (1608-1674)
##* {{w|John Milton}} (1608-1674)
#*: Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer '''view'''.
##*: Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer '''view'''.
#* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
##* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
#*: Objects near our '''view''' are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
##*: Objects near our '''view''' are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
#*{{quote-book|year=1959|author={{w|Georgette Heyer}}|title={{w|The Unknown Ajax}}|chapter=1
##*{{quote-book|year=1959|author={{w|Georgette Heyer}}|title={{w|The Unknown Ajax}}|chapter=1
|passage=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.}}
|passage=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.}}
# The [[range]] of [[vision]].
## The [[range]] of [[vision]].
#: {{ux|en|If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our '''view'''.}}
##: {{ux|en|If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our '''view'''.}}
#* {{w|John Dryden}} (1631-1700)
##* {{w|John Dryden}} (1631-1700)
#*: The walls of Pluto's palace are in '''view'''.
##*: The walls of Pluto's palace are in '''view'''.
# Something to look at, such as [[scenery]].
## Something to look at, such as [[scenery]].
#: {{ux|en|My flat has a '''view''' of a junkyard.}}
##: {{ux|en|My flat has a '''view''' of a junkyard.}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''view''' from a window}}
##: {{ux|en|the '''view''' from a window}}
#* {{w|Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell}} (1777-1844)
##* {{w|Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell}} (1777-1844)
#*: 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the '''view'''.
##*: 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the '''view'''.
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## {{label|en|obsolete}} Appearance; show; aspect.
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##* {{w|Edmund Waller}} (1606-1687)
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##*: [Graces] which, by the splendor of her '''view''' / Dazzled, before we never knew.
# A [[picture]], drawn or painted; a [[sketch]].
# A [[picture]], drawn or painted; a [[sketch]].
#: {{ux|en|a fine '''view''' of Lake George}}
#: {{ux|en|a fine '''view''' of Lake George}}
# {{label|en|psychological}} Opinion, judgement, imagination.
# A [[mental]] [[image]].
## A [[mental]] [[image]].
#: {{ux|en|I need more information to get a better '''view''' of the situation.}}
##: {{ux|en|I need more information to get a better '''view''' of the situation.}}
#* {{w|William Shakespeare}} (c.1564–1616)
##* {{w|William Shakespeare}} (c.1564–1616)
#*: I have with exact '''view''' perused thee, Hector.
##*: I have with exact '''view''' perused thee, Hector.
# A way of [[understand]]ing something, an [[opinion]], a [[theory]].
## A way of [[understand]]ing something, an [[opinion]], a [[theory]].
#: {{ux|en|Your '''view''' on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings.}}
##: {{ux|en|Your '''view''' on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings.}}
#* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
##* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
#*: to give a right '''view''' of this mistaken part of liberty
##*: to give a right '''view''' of this mistaken part of liberty
# A [[point of view]].
#: {{ux|en|From my '''view''' that is a stupid proposition.}}
## A [[point of view]].
##: {{ux|en|From my '''view''' that is a stupid proposition.}}
# An [[intention]] or [[prospect]].
## An [[intention]] or [[prospect]].
#: {{ux|en|He smuggled a knife into prison with a '''view''' to using it as a weapon.}}
##: {{ux|en|He smuggled a knife into prison with a '''view''' to using it as a weapon.}}
#* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
##* {{w|John Locke}} (1632-1705)
#*: No man sets himself about anything but upon some '''view''' or other which serves him for a reason.
##*: No man sets himself about anything but upon some '''view''' or other which serves him for a reason.
# {{label|en|computing|databases}} A [[virtual]] or [[logical]] [[table]] [[compose]]d of the result set of a [[query]] in [[relational]] [[database]]s.
# {{label|en|computing|databases}} A [[virtual]] or [[logical]] [[table]] [[compose]]d of the result set of a [[query]] in [[relational]] [[database]]s.
# {{label|en|computing|programming}} The part of a computer [[program]] which is [[visible]] to the user, the part the user [[interact]]s with; a [[user interface]] to the underlying [[logic]] of the program.
# {{label|en|computing|programming}} The part of a computer [[program]] which is [[visible]] to the user, the part the user [[interact]]s with; a [[user interface]] to the underlying [[logic]] of the program.
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# {{label|en|obsolete}} Appearance; show; aspect.
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#* {{w|Edmund Waller}} (1606-1687)
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#*: [Graces] which, by the splendor of her '''view''' / Dazzled, before we never knew.
# A [[wake]]. {{rfex}}
# A [[wake]]. {{rfex}}


Revision as of 08:59, 26 July 2014

English

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. (deprecated template usage) vewe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) veue (French: (deprecated template usage) vue), feminine past participle of (deprecated template usage) veoir (French: (deprecated template usage) voir).

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view (plural views)

view of a city
  1. (physical) Visual perception.
    1. The act of seeing or looking at something.
      He changed seat to get a complete view of the stage.
      • John Milton (1608-1674)
        Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
      • John Locke (1632-1705)
        Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
      • Lua error in Module:quote at line 2659: Parameter 1 is required.
    2. The range of vision.
      If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
      • John Dryden (1631-1700)
        The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
    3. Something to look at, such as scenery.
      My flat has a view of a junkyard.
      the view from a window
    4. (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.
      • Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
        [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. (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
    1. A mental image.
      I need more information to get a better view of the situation.
    2. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
      Your view on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings.
      • John Locke (1632-1705)
        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.
      • John Locke (1632-1705)
        No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason.
  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, the part the user interacts with; a user interface to the underlying logic of the program.
  6. A wake. (Can we add an example for this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

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

  1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To look at.
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  2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To show.
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