VIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does view mean? 

• VIEW (noun)
  The noun VIEW has 10 senses:

1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

2. the visual percept of a region

3. the act of looking or seeing or observing

4. the range of the eye

5. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

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

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

9. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

10. outward appearance

  Familiarity information: VIEW used as a noun is familiar.

• VIEW (verb)
  The verb VIEW has 3 senses:

1. deem to be

2. look at carefully; study mentally

3. see or watch

  Familiarity information: VIEW used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A way of regarding situations or topics etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

perspective; position; view

Context example:

consider what follows from the positivist view

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

orientation (an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "view"):

bird's eye view; panoramic view (a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance)

futurism (the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future)

cutting edge; forefront; vanguard (the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field)

paradigm (the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time)

light (a particular perspective or aspect of a situation)

sight (a range of mental vision)

Weltanschauung; world view (a comprehensive view of the world and human life)

straddle (a noncommittal or equivocal position)

Derivation:

view (deem to be)

view (look at carefully; study mentally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The visual percept of a region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista

Context example:

the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "view"):

background; ground (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground)

tableau (any dramatic scene)

side view (a view from the side of something)

middle distance (the part of a scene between the foreground and the background)

foreground (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)

exposure (aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces)

coast (the area within view)

glimpse (a brief or incomplete view)

Derivation:

view (see or watch)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of looking or seeing or observing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sight; survey; view

Context example:

his survey of the battlefield was limited

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "view"):

eyeful (a full view; a good look)

Derivation:

view (see or watch)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The range of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

eyeshot; view

Context example:

they were soon out of view

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

range; reach (the limits within which something can be effective)

Derivation:

view (see or watch)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

opinion; persuasion; sentiment; thought; view

Context example:

what are your thoughts on Haiti?

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "view"):

political sympathies; politics (the opinion you hold with respect to political questions)

pole (one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions)

parti pris; preconceived idea; preconceived notion; preconceived opinion; preconception; prepossession (an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence)

eyes (opinion or judgment)

judgement; judgment; mind (an opinion formed by judging something)

idea (a personal view)

Derivation:

view (deem to be)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

opinion; view

Context example:

his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "view"):

position; side (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute)

adverse opinion (an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States)

conjecture; guess; hypothesis; speculation; supposition; surmisal; surmise (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)

Derivation:

view (deem to be)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he took the computer with a view to pawning it

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

aim; design; intent; intention; purpose (an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

scene; view

Context example:

figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)

Meronyms (parts of "view"):

content; depicted object; subject (something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

horizon; purview; view

Context example:

It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Outward appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

they look the same in outward view

Hypernyms ("view" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

• VIEW (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deem to be

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

consider; reckon; regard; see; view

Context example:

I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do

Hypernyms (to "view" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Verb group:

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "view"):

abstract (consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically)

appreciate; prize; treasure; value (hold dear)

capitalise; capitalize (consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses)

make (consider as being)

disesteem; disrespect (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value (regard highly; think much of)

deem; hold; take for; view as (keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view)

idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)

reify (consider an abstract concept to be real)

favor; favour (consider as the favorite)

identify (consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else)

relativise; relativize (consider or treat as relative)

like (feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard)

call (consider or regard as being)

consider (regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem)

include (consider as part of something)

reconsider (consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it)

reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)

receive (regard favorably or with disapproval)

expect (consider reasonable or due)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

view (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.)

view (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)

view (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Look at carefully; study mentally

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

consider; look at; view

Context example:

view a problem

Hypernyms (to "view" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "view"):

contemplate (look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought)

groak (look or stare at longingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

view (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.)

viewer (an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

See or watch

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

catch; see; take in; view; watch

Context example:

see a movie

Hypernyms (to "view" is one way to...):

watch (look attentively)

Verb group:

see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "view"):

visualise; visualize (view the outline of by means of an X-ray)

spectate (be a spectator in a sports event)

preview (watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue view the movie

Derivation:

view (the act of looking or seeing or observing)

view (the visual percept of a region)

view (the range of the eye)

viewable (capable of being viewed)

viewer (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))

 Context examples 

If that is your view, you will permit me to say that you know very little of the matter.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is simply a bird’s eye view.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A friendly meeting, and not a fine dinner, is all we have in view.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing, and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures, with all the eagerness of real taste.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I write without any view to profit or praise.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Lay to, and whistle for a wind, that's my view.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Urged by this view, I refused, and I did right in refusing, to create a companion for the first creature.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I view it, steadily, as an investment.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Now researchers from the National Institutes of Health show that this view of the drugs and the neural circuits they affect may have to change.

(‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves, National Institutes of Health)

The color blue in such views has been associated with young features on Ceres.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)