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Definition of "view" [view]

  • An examination or inspection: used binoculars to get a better view. (noun)
  • A sight; a look. (noun)
  • A systematic survey; coverage: a view of Romantic poetry. (noun)
  • An individual and personal perception, judgment, or interpretation; an opinion: In his view, aid to the rebels should be suspended. See Synonyms at opinion. (noun)
  • Field of vision: The aircraft has disappeared from view. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "view" in a sentence
  • "Much depends on the point of view from which a man writes; and I can only say that, if the distinguished Major-general is right, _from a purely British point of view_, in depreciating the island and its resources, he thereby furnishes a _very strong argument why Great"
  • "For _distant_ views there is in nature scarcely any stereoscopic effect; and in a photographic stereoscopic view the effect produced is not really a representation to the eye of the _view itself_, but of _a model of such view_; and the apparent size of the model will vary with the angle of incidence of the two pictures, being _smaller_ and _nearer_ as the angle increases."
  • "This is important - coz in MAX 9 - hairs wont render with any render type (region, box, blowup, view etc.), other that #view."