View
[vjuː] or [vju]
Definition
(noun.) the act of looking or seeing or observing; 'he tried to get a better view of it'; 'his survey of the battlefield was limited'.
(noun.) outward appearance; 'they look the same in outward view'.
(noun.) the visual percept of a region; 'the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views'.
(noun.) purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'; 'he took the computer with a view to pawning it'.
(noun.) the range of the eye; 'they were soon out of view'.
(verb.) look at carefully; study mentally; 'view a problem'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
(n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.
(n.) Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.
(n.) That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.
(n.) The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.
(n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued.
(n.) That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.
(n.) Appearance; show; aspect.
(v. t.) To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore.
(v. t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Survey, scan, eye, see, witness, behold, inspect, explore, contemplate, look on or upon, turn the eyes to, have in sight.[2]. Consider, regard, ponder, study, think about, reflect upon.
n. [1]. Sight, survey, inspection.[2]. Prospect, scene, vista, perspective.[3]. Sketch, picture.[4]. Design, purpose, object, aim, intent, intention, scope, drift.[5]. Opinion, judgment, notion, belief, impression, idea, sentiment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Behold, examine, Inspect, explore, survey, consider, contemplate, reconnoitre,observe, regard, estimate, judge
ANT:Ignore, overlook, disregard, misconsider, misinspect, misobserve, misestimate,misjudge
SYN:Sight, vision, survey, examination, inspection, judgment, estimate, scene,representation, apprehension, sentiment, conception, opinion, object, aim,intention, purpose, design, end, light, aspect
ANT:Blindness, occultation, obscuration, darkness, misexamination, deception,error, delusion, misjudgment, misrepresentation, misconception, airlessness,nonintention
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Definition
n. a seeing: sight: reach of the sight: whole extent seen: that which is seen: inspection as by a jury of the place of a crime of the corpse &c.: direction in which a thing is seen: the picture of a scene: a sketch: mental survey: mode of looking at or receiving: opinion: intention: (Shak.) show appearance.—v.t. to see: to look at attentively: to examine intellectually.—adj. View′able that can be viewed.—ns. View′er; View′-halloo′ the huntsman's cry when the fox breaks cover; View′iness character of being viewy or visionary.—adj. View′less not to be viewed: invisible.—adv. View′lessly.—adj. View′ly (prov.) pleasing to look at.—n. View′-point point of view.—adjs. View′some (prov.) viewly; View′y (coll.) holding opinions vague or purely speculative.—Dissolving views pictures thrown on a screen and made to pass one into the other; Field of view the compass of visual power; In view of having regard to; On view open to public inspection; To the view (Shak.) in public.
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Examples
- We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That is not the way things come about: we grow into a new point of view: only afterwards, in looking back, do we see the landmarks of our progress. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And they are wholly inexplicable on any other view. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In every view it is unaccountable! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs Sparkler, looking at another window where her husband stood in the balcony, was tired of that view. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. Plato. The Republic.
- If they do not themselves find it out, I see no reason why I should prompt them to take a broader point of view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wish it were otherwise, for I should be happy to meet your views in any respect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Butthat he should talk of encouragement, should consider her as aware of his views, accepting his attentions, meaning (in short), to marry him! Jane Austen. Emma.
- You are no child that one should not speak of what exists; but I only uttered the word--the thing, I assure you, is alien to my whole life and views. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I have far other views in life, and why should you waste your own? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the single the object is viewed directly. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Viewed in its social bearings, however, she feels free to pronounce an opinion. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Caroline, opening her eyes from a moment's slumber, viewed her nurse with an unrecognizing glance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That opposition to the New Fever Hospital which Lydgate had sketched to Dorothea was, like other oppositions, to be viewed in many different lights. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In so far as I knew she might be already dead, for I did not know the exact date on which she first viewed Issus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Altogether they were not unlovely when viewed in comparison with the green Martians. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The earth as the home of man is humanizing and unified; the earth viewed as a miscellany of facts is scattering and imaginatively inert. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- All depends on our manner of viewing the objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You remind me, then, of a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed, viewing with a mixture of fire and fear the first entrance of the breaker-in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is the same sort of joy that comes from viewing a finished picture or a well composed landscape. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She seemed to belong rightly to a madrigal--to require viewing through rhyme and harmony. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That way of viewing and judging of the matter will be very suitable. Plato. The Republic.
- Instead of viewing them as a stranger, I might have rejoiced in them as my own, and welcomed to them as visitors my uncle and aunt. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Here the emperor ascended, with many principal lords of his court, to have an opportunity of viewing me, as I was told, for I could not see them. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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