noun
- A way of regarding situations or topics etc..
- usage: "consider what follows from the positivist view"
- synonyms: position, perspective
- The visual percept of a region.
- usage: "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
- The act of looking or seeing or observing.
- usage: "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
- The range of the eye.
- usage: "they were soon out of view"
- synonyms: eyeshot
- A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
- usage: "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti"
- synonyms: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, thought
- 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.
- usage: "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
- synonyms: opinion
- Purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'.
- usage: "he took the computer with a view to pawning it"
- Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.
- usage: "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
- synonyms: scene
- The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.
- usage: "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
- Outward appearance.
- usage: "they look the same in outward view"
verb
- Deem to be.
- usage: "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
- Look at carefully; study mentally.
- usage: "view a problem"
- See or watch.
- usage: "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
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