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view

noun

1 the view from her top-floor apartment never failed to please her:

outlook, prospect, panorama, vista, scene, aspect, perspective, spectacle, sight;

scenery, landscape, seascape, riverscape, cityscape, townscape, snowscape;

archaic lookout.

2 not all adolescents agree with this view:

opinion, point of view, viewpoint, belief, judgment, reckoning, way of thinking, thinking, thought, notion, idea, conviction, persuasion, attitude, feeling, sentiment, impression, concept, conception, hypothesis, theory, thesis, estimate, estimation, conclusion, verdict;

statement, observation, remark, point;

angle, slant, stance, posture, standpoint, approach.

3 as one walks down the lane, the parish church comes into view:

sight, perspective, field of vision, range of vision, vision, visibility, eyeshot.

□ in view of

in view of its location, no removal of the tumor was attempted:

considering, taking into consideration, bearing in mind, keeping in mind, mindful of, taking into account, on account of, taking note of, in the light of, owing to, because of, as a result of.

□ on view

over one hundred of Van Gogh's paintings are on view in Amsterdam:

on display, on exhibition, on show;

displayed, showing.

verb

1 they viewed the passing landscape from their carriages:

look at, gaze at, stare at, peer at, eye, observe, ogle, contemplate, regard, scan, survey, watch;

look over, see over, be shown over, examine, inspect, scrutinize;

catch sight of, glimpse, lay eyes on, spy, spot;

North American check something out;

informal get a load of, gawp at, rubberneck at, give something a/the once-over, have a look-see at, have/take a gander at, have a squint at, clap eyes on;

British, informal have/take a dekko at, have/take a butcher's at, take a shufti at, clock;

North American, informal eyeball;

literary espy, behold, descry.

2 the law was often viewed as a last resort:

consider, regard, look on, see, perceive, judge, adjudge, estimate, deem, reckon, think of, treat.