view

noun
/vjuː/

Etymology

From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta and vista.

  1. derived from veue
  2. derived from vewe
  3. inherited from vewe

Definitions

  1. Visual perception.

    • He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
    • Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view.
    • , Book II, Chapter XXI Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
  2. A picture, drawn or painted

    A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.

    • a fine view of Lake George
  3. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.

    • I think I have fairly broad views on the whole.
    • “I believe deep inside everyone's heart is an underlying loneliness,” he says. Humanity longs for another species with comparable intelligence. AGI, in his view, isn’t just a profit engine but a companion on our civilizational journey.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.

    2. The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with

    3. A wake.

    4. To look at.

      • The video was viewed by millions of people.
    5. To regard in a stated way.

      • I view it as a serious breach of trust.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at view. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at view. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at view

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA