view
verb
- regard in a stated way
- watch, look at
noun
- something to look at, such as scenery
- way of looking to the actual reality, opinion, belief, view something as
- data from stored database query
- specific opinion or set of opinions held by an individual
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /vjuː/ / /vɪu̯/
noun
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.
- Visual perception.
“He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.”
“Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.”
- Visual perception.
“If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.”
“The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.”
- Visual perception.
“My flat has a view of a junkyard.”
“the view from a window”
- Visual perception.
“That video got a million views.”
“His other song, “Nepal Haseko,” became an anthem during last year's protests, and already has more than 10 million views on YouTube.”
- Visual perception.
“[Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.”
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
“a fine view of Lake George”
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
“I think I have fairly broad views on the whole.”
““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.”
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
“I need more information to get a better view of the situation.”
“I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.”
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
“Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.”
“to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty”
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
“From my view that is a stupid proposition.”
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
“He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon.”
“No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does”
- A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- A wake.
verb
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.
- To look at.
“The video was viewed by millions of people.”
“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.”
- To regard in a stated way.
“I view it as a serious breach of trust.”