view
pronunciation
How to pronounce view in British English:
UK [vjuː]
How to pronounce view in American English:
US [vjuː]
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- Noun:
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the visual percept of a region
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the range of the eye
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
- outward appearance
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- Verb:
- deem to be
- look at carefully; study mentally
- see or watch
Word Origin
- view
- view: [15] Etymologically, a view is simply something ‘seen’. The word was borrowed from Old French veue, a noun use of the feminine past participle of veoir ‘see’. This was descended from Latin vidēre ‘see’ (source of English vision, visit, etc).=> vision
- view (n.)
- early 15c., "formal inspection or survey" (of land); mid-15c., "visual perception," from Anglo-French vewe "view," Old French veue "light, brightness; look, appearance; eyesight, vision," noun use of fem. past participle of veoir "to see," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "manner of regarding something" attested from early 15c. Meaning "sight or prospect of a landscape, etc." is recorded from c. 1600.
- view (v.)
- 1520s, "inspect, examine," from view (n.). From 1765 as "to regard in a certain way;" from 1935 as "to watch television." Related: Viewed; viewing.
Example
- 1. No graphics are shown in this view .
- 2. These two operations are part of the abstract view of a queue .
- 3. The action name and its corresponding view file name are always the same .
- 4. The government takes that view .
- 5. This view has been exploded .