view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vjuː/
ipa: /vɪu̯/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: views
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.
Senses: examples: text: That video got a million views.
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
glosses: Visual perception.
examples: text: He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
text: Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
text: , Book II, Chapter XXI
Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
text: 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.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
glosses: Visual perception.
The act of seeing or looking at something.
examples: text: If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
text: The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
word: sight
word: eyeshot
glosses: Visual perception.
The range of vision.
examples: text: My flat has a view of a junkyard.
text: the view from a window
text: 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
ref: 1799, Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope:
text: "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."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 20:
text: At Bleiken (50 miles), for the first time the Randsfjord comes into view, and a very lovely view it is, of the long winding island-studded lake with wooded shores and small sandy bays.
ref: 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 458:
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
word: vista
glosses: Visual perception.
Something to look at, such as scenery.
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
glosses: Visual perception.
An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
examples: text: [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
ref: c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece:
synonyms: word: pageview
english: of a webpage
translation: of a webpage
word: play
english: of a video
translation: of a video
glosses: Visual perception.
Appearance; show; aspect.
examples: text: a fine view of Lake George
glosses: A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
examples: text: I need more information to get a better view of the situation.
text: I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
glosses: An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
A mental image.
examples: text: Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.
text: to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 21:
text: There hasn’t been much polling data on consumer views of gene-edited foods, because they are still so new.
ref: 2019 May 30, Karen Weintraub, “Crispr gene-editing will change the way Americans eat – here's what's coming”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
examples: text: From my view that is a stupid proposition.
text: “I believe deep inside everyone's heart is an underlying loneliness,” he says. Humanity longs for another species with comparable intelligence. AGI, in his view, isn’t just a profit engine but a companion on our civilizational journey.
ref: 2025 October 14, Catherine Thorbecke, “China’s AI Dragons Must Survive ‘Involution’ to Conquer the World”, in Bloomberg, Bloomberg L.P.:
glosses: An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
A point of view.
examples: text: He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon.
text: No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does
ref: a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 1903, Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, page 116:
glosses: An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
An intention or prospect.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
glosses: A wake.
Hyponyms: bankruptcy view
bird's-eye view
counterview
exploded view
page view
worm's eye view
worm's-eye view
Derived terms: sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: 30
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: 000-foot view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: thirty-thousand-foot view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: angle of view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: by-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: clear view screen
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: counterview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: dissolving view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: exploded view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: field of view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: frog's-eye view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: frog's view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: frog view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Grandview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: heave into view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: heave in view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: in full view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: in my view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: in plain view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: interview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: in view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: in view of
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: long view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: model-view-controller
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: model-view-presenter
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Mountain View
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Mountain View County
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: on any view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: on view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: out of view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: overview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: pay-per-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: point of view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: preview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: rear-view mirror
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: rear view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: rear-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: rearview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: re-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: review
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Rocky View County
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Seaview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: sea-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: self-view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: short view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: side-view mirror
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Springview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: Swan View
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: take a dim view of
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: take a view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: take the long view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewable
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view angle
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view bar
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewbot
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view camera
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view finder
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewfinder
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view from nowhere
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view from the top
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewful
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewgraph
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view halloo
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewless
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view model
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view of frankpledge
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view plane
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view-point
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewpoint
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view shaft
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: view someone's etchings
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: viewy
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: with a view to
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: world view
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: worldview
sense: Derived terms of view (noun)
word: world-view