view

To look at.

Noun

  1. Visual perception.
    • He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
    • Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view. - 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 […],...
    • , Book II, Chapter XXI Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.

    1. The act of seeing or looking at something.

    2. The range of vision.

      • If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view.
      • The walls of Pluto's palace are in 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,...

      Synonyms: sight eyeshot

    3. Something to look at, such as scenery.

      • My flat has a view of a junkyard.
      • the view from a window
      • 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view. - 1799, Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope:

      Synonyms: vista

    4. (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.

      • 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. - 2026 March 11, Chad de Guzman, “Who Is Balendra Shah, the Rapper On Track to Become...

      Synonyms: pageview play

    5. (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.

      • [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew. - c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece:
  2. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
    • a fine view of Lake George
  3. 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...

    1. A mental image.

      • I need more information to get a better view of the situation.
      • I have with exact view perused thee, Hector. - c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:...

    2. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.

      • Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.
      • to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty - 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC,...
      • There hasn’t been much polling data on consumer views of gene-edited foods, because they are still so new. - 2019 May 30, Karen Weintraub, “Crispr gene-editing will change the way Americans eat – here's what's coming”,...

      Synonyms: conclusion mind take award censure choice decision deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment opinion result sight verdict view

    3. A point of view.

      • From my view that is a stupid proposition.

    4. An intention or prospect.

      • 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. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke:...
      • 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. - 1903, Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Birkenhead and Its Surroundings,...
  4. A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
  5. The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
  6. A wake.

Origin

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.

Forms

views

Antonyms

model controller

Hyponyms

bankruptcy view bird's-eye view counterview exploded view page view worm's eye view worm's-eye view

Derived

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

Verb

  1. 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...
  2. To regard in a stated way.
    • I view it as a serious breach of trust.

Forms

views viewing viewed

Related

see look voyeur

Derived

code-save-view pay-to-view preview review viewer viewing view someone's etchings