view

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Etymology

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Anglo-Norman vewebor.
Middle English vewe
English view

    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.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vjuː/, /vɪu̯/
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    • Rhymes: -uː

    Noun

    view (plural views)

    view of a city
    view from a room
    1. (physical) Visual perception.
      1. The act of seeing or looking at something.
        He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
      2. The range of vision.
        Synonyms: sight, eyeshot
        If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
        • 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:
          The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
      3. Something to look at, such as scenery.
        Synonym: vista
        My flat has a view of a junkyard.
        the view from a window
        • 1799, Thomas Campbell, “(please specify the page)”, in The Pleasures of Hope; in Two Parts. With Other Poems, Edinburgh: […] Mundell & Son; London: Longman & Rees, and J. Wright, […], →OCLC:
          'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
        • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 20:
          "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."
        • 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 458:
          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.
      4. (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
        That video got a million views.
        Synonyms: (of a webpage) pageview, (of a video) play
        • 2026 March 11, Chad de Guzman, “Who Is Balendra Shah, the Rapper On Track to Become Nepal’s Next Prime Minister”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 March 2026:
          His other song, “Nepal Haseko,” became an anthem during last year's protests, and already has more than 10 million views on YouTube.
      5. (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.
        • c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece:
          [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. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
      1. A mental image.
        I need more information to get a better view of the situation.
      3. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
        Synonyms: conclusion, mind, take; see also Thesaurus:judgement
        Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.
      4. A point of view.
        From my view that is a stupid proposition.
        I think I have fairly broad views on the whole.
        • 2025 October 14, Catherine Thorbecke, “China’s AI Dragons Must Survive ‘Involution’ to Conquer the World”, in Bloomberg‎[3], Bloomberg L.P., archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
          “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.
      5. An intention or prospect.
        He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon.
        • 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:
          No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does
        • 1903, Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, page 116:
          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.
    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 and can be interacted with.
    6. A wake. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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    Descendants

    • → Japanese: ビュー (byū)
    • → Korean: 뷰 (byu)
    • → Persian: ویو (viyu)

    Translations

    internet: individual viewing of a web page or a video by a user — see also visit

    Verb

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

    1. (transitive) To look at.
      Reporters viewed a private screening of the upcoming film.
      • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
        Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.
      • 2026 September 9, Tess Kenny, “Stolen ashes returned after car taken with 15-year-old son’s remains inside”, in Chicago Tribune‎[4], archived from the original on 11 September 2026:
        Within hours, the post circulated widely. As of Tuesday night, more than 111,000 people had viewed the video, with nearly 1,500 comments from people offering condolences, support and help.
    2. (transitive) To regard in a stated way.
      I view it as a serious breach of trust.

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    Middle English

    Noun

    view

    1. alternative form of vewe

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Anglo-Norman vewebor.
    Middle English vewe
    English viewubor.
    Portuguese view

      Unadapted borrowing from English view.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈviw/ [ˈviʊ̯]
       

      Noun

      view f (plural views)

      1. (databases) view (logical table formed from data from physical tables)
        Synonym: visão
      2. (Internet) view (individual viewing of a web page or a video by a user)
        Synonym: visualização
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