English Explanatory Dictionary

view

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Visual perception.
  2. The act of seeing or looking at something.
  3. The range of vision.
  4. Something to look at, such as scenery.
  5. An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
  6. Appearance; show; aspect.
  7. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
  8. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
  9. A mental image.
  10. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
  11. A point of view.
  12. An intention or prospect.
verb
  1. To look at.
  2. To regard in a stated way.

Pronunciation

/vjuː/ /vɪu̯/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-view.wav en-us-view.ogg

Word forms

view views viewing viewed

Etymology

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 and vista.

Synonyms

sight eyeshot vista pageview play conclusion mind take award censure choice decision deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment opinion result verdict view

Antonyms

model controller

Related words

see look voyeur

Derived words

30,000-foot view angle of view by-view clear view screen counterview dissolving view exploded view field of view frog's-eye view frog's view frog view Grandview heave into view heave in view in full view in my view Innes View in plain view in someone's view interview in view in view of long view model-view-controller model-view-presenter Mountain View Mountain View County Mount View on any view on view out of view overview pay-per-view Peak View point of view preview rear-view mirror rear view rear-view rearview review re-view Rocky View County Seaview sea-view self-view short view side-view mirror Springview Swan View take a dim view of take a view take the long view thirty-thousand-foot view viewable view angle view bar viewbot view camera viewfinder
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