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say it: vyoo
view is a noun and verb meaning "a way of regarding situations or topics etc.". It carries 13 recorded senses.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
“consider what follows from the positivist view”
the visual percept of a region
“the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views”
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
“his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page”
purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'
“he took the computer with a view to pawning it”
graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
“he painted scenes from everyday life”
“figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment”
look at carefully; study mentally
“view a problem”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for view come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.