Definition of View

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Definition of View

View

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.

Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.

That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.

The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.

Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued.

That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.

Appearance; show; aspect.

To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore.

To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.

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View Quotations

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
Barack Obama

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Tony Robbins

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years."
Erma Bombeck

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
George Washington

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
Henry David Thoreau

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
Henry David Thoreau

View Translations

view in Afrikaans is kyk, kyk na, uitsig
view in Dutch is uitzicht
view in Finnish is katsella
view in German is Betrachtung {f}, Hinblick {m}, sehen, Anblick {m}
view in Italian is parere, concezione, vista, veduta, visuale
view in Norwegian is utsikt
view in Portuguese is vista
view in Spanish is concepto, opinion
view in Swedish is vy, syn, visa, se, sikte, utsikt

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