view /vū/

1. An act, possibility or opportunity of looking
2. Range or field of sight
3. Whole extent seen
4. A prospect, wide or distant extent seen
5. That which is seen
6. An inspection
7. Appearance
8. An aspect or scene
9. The picture of a scene
10. General survey of a subject
11. Mode of thinking of something
12. Opinion
13. Intention, purpose
14. Expectation
15. (with cap) used in street names, etc

1. To see
2. To look at
3. To look at on television
4. To inspect (a house) as a prospective purchaser
5. To observe
6. To consider
7. To examine intellectually

To watch television

viewˈable adjective

1. Able to be seen
2. Sufficiently interesting to be looked at or watched

viewˈer noun

1. A person who views
2. A television watcher
3. An apparatus used to project film for purposes of editing and cutting
4. A device with magnifying lens, etc, for viewing transparencies
5. An inspector, a person appointed to examine and report
6. A colliery superintendent

viewˈership noun

The estimated number of viewers of a television programme

viewˈiness noun

The condition or quality of being viewy

viewˈing noun

viewˈless adjective (poetic)

Invisible

viewˈlessly adverb

viewˈly adjective (dialect)

Pleasing to look at

viewˈy adjective

1. Showy
2. Having views that are considered odd or fanciful by most

viewˈdata noun

A communications system by which information can be received and requested via a telephone line and presented through a television or video display unit

viewˈfinder noun

A camera attachment or part for determining the field of view

viewˈ-hallooˈ noun

The huntsman's cry when the fox breaks cover (also interjection)

viewˈphone noun

Another name for videophone (see under video)

viewˈpoint noun

1. Point of view
2. Standpoint
3. A selected position for admiring scenery

dissolving views

Pictures thrown on a screen and made to pass one into another

in view

1. In sight
2. In mind
3. As an aim or prospect

in view of

1. In a position to see or to be seen by
2. Having regard to

on view

Open to general inspection

take a dim view of

To regard unfavourably

view away

To see (a hunted animal) breaking cover

with a view to

1. Having in mind
2. With the aim of

• disconfirms
• disconformable
• disconformities
• disconformity
• disconnect
• disconnected
• disconnectedly
• disconnecting
• disconnection
• disconnections
• disconnects
• disconnexion
• disconnexions
• disconsent
• disconsented
• disconsenting
• disconsents
• disconsolate
• disconsolately
• disconsolateness
• disconsolation
• disconsolations
• discontent
• discontented
• discontentedly