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View

noun

1.

A way of regarding situations or topics etc.. Synonyms: perspective, position.

2.

The visual percept of a region. Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, vista.

3.

The act of looking or seeing or observing. Synonyms: sight, survey. "His survey of the battlefield was limited"

4.

The range of the eye. Synonym: eyeshot.

5.

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought. "I am not of your persuasion" , "What are your thoughts on Haiti?"

6.

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. Synonym: opinion.

7.

Purpose; the phrase 'with a view to' means 'with the intention of' or 'for the purpose of'.

8.

Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept. Synonym: scene. "Figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"

9.

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated. Synonyms: horizon, purview.

10.

Outward appearance.

verb

(past & past part. viewed; pres. part. viewing)

1.

Deem to be. Synonyms: consider, reckon, regard, see. "I consider her to be shallow" , "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

2.

Look at carefully; study mentally. Synonyms: consider, look at.

3.

See or watch. Synonyms: catch, see, take in, watch. "This program will be seen all over the world" , "View an exhibition" , "Catch a show on Broadway" , "See a movie"

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"View" Quotes from Famous Books

... put in charge of a hovering attendant boy, who escorted it in a lift and along a mile of corridors, and Charlie's family was kept waiting at a door until the voice of Charlie permitted the boy to open the door. A rather large parlour set with a table for five; a magnificent view from the window of a huge white-bricked wall and scores of chimney pots and electric wires, and a moving grey sky above! Charlie, too, was unsuccessfully pretending not ...

— Mr. Prohack • E. Arnold Bennett

... upon him rests a great responsibility, not only in regard to the Church of to-day, but also concerning the Church of to-morrow, as now gathered before him in the persons of the young people preparing for life and service. He ought, certainly, to provide strengthening food for them in view of responsibilities to come. It is a great charge, this of building up the body of Christ, and it is upon us all to ask ourselves to what extent we have endeavoured to discharge this obligation. We admit that the temptations to evade it are many. Doctrinal and expository preaching ...

— The Message and the Man: - Some Essentials of Effective Preaching • J. Dodd Jackson

... course, what you think of it. In your view, that vow of mine was nonsense—a part of the high-falutin' way I took everything in. ...

— Father Stafford • Anthony Hope

... burned feebly in the huge stone recess: scant warmth might such a fire yield, kindled in such a fireplace, to those around it. Indeed, the little flame seemed conscious of its own inability, and burned with a wavering and mistrustful flicker, as if it were discouraged in view of the task set before it, and had more than half ...

— Holiday Tales - Christmas in the Adirondacks • W. H. H. Murray

... of the coffee conventions and coffee service in the principal countries where coffee has become a fixed item in the dietary is presented here, with a view to show how different peoples have adapted the universal drink to their ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

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