Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to view
Participle: viewed
Gerund: viewing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | view |
| you | view |
| he;she;it | views |
| we | view |
| you | view |
| they | view |
Perfect
| I | have viewed |
| you | have viewed |
| he;she;it | has viewed |
| we | have viewed |
| you | have viewed |
| they | have viewed |
Past
| I | viewed |
| you | viewed |
| he;she;it | viewed |
| we | viewed |
| you | viewed |
| they | viewed |
Pluperfect
| I | had viewed |
| you | had viewed |
| he;she;it | had viewed |
| we | had viewed |
| you | had viewed |
| they | had viewed |
Future
| I | will view |
| you | will view |
| he;she;it | will view |
| we | will view |
| you | will view |
| they | will view |
Future Perfect
| I | will have viewed |
| you | will have viewed |
| he;she;it | will have viewed |
| we | will have viewed |
| you | will have viewed |
| they | will have viewed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | view |
| you | view |
| he;she;it | view |
| we | view |
| you | view |
| they | view |
Perfect
| I | have viewed |
| you | have viewed |
| he;she;it | have viewed |
| we | have viewed |
| you | have viewed |
| they | have viewed |
Imperfect
| I | viewed |
| you | viewed |
| he;she;it | viewed |
| we | viewed |
| you | viewed |
| they | viewed |
Pluperfect
| I | had viewed |
| you | had viewed |
| he;she;it | had viewed |
| we | had viewed |
| you | had viewed |
| they | had viewed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would view |
| you | would view |
| he;she;it | would view |
| we | would view |
| you | would view |
| they | would view |
Perfect
| I | would have viewed |
| you | would have viewed |
| he;she;it | would have viewed |
| we | would have viewed |
| you | would have viewed |
| they | would have viewed |
Imperative
| you | view |
| we | Let's view |
| you | view |
Verbs conjugated like 'view'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'view'
aview,
vie,
vinew,
adview,
brew,
chew,
ciel,
clew,
crew,
dew,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem; to look upon as; to think of as being
- account, consider, deem, dub, find, interpret, judge, regard, think of
- to pay attention to with one’s eyes
- behold, clock, geek, kool, look, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada
- observe
- behold, see, survey, witness, regard, inspect, examine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1415, "formal inspection or survey" (of land), from Anglo-Fr.
vewe "view," from O.Fr.
veue, noun use of fem. pp. of
veoir "to see," from L.
videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "act of seeing, manner of regarding something" first recorded 1573. Meaning "sight or prospect of a landscape, etc." is recorded from 1606. The verb is 1523, from the noun.
Viewer "watcher of television," first recorded 1935, in place of earlier suggestion
looker-in (1927).
Viewing "last presentation of a dead body before the funeral" is recorded from 1944.
2. 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. See: French '
voir', Italian '
vedere', Spanish '
ver'.
Verbs referencing "view"
Ladino ver, Spanish
ver.
Sample Sentences
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[...] one dull, heavy, uniform, lead colour. There was no extent of prospect even over the dreary waste that lay around us, for the sea ran high, and the horizon encompassed us like a large black hoop. Viewed from the air, or some tall bluff on shore, it would have been imposing and stupendous, no doubt; but seen from the wet and rolling decks, it only impressed one giddily and painfully. In the gale of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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And with this final expression of contempt for Sally's greenness, Aunt Chloe whipped the cover off the bake-kettle, and disclosed to view a neatly-baked pound-cake, of which no city confectioner need to have been ashamed. This being evidently the central point of the entertainment, Aunt Chloe began now to bustle about earnestly in the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] I never gained so much uncompromising information with reference to my own nose and eyes, and various impressions wrought by my mouth and chin on different minds, and how my head looks when it is viewed from behind, as on these occasions. Some gentlemen were only satisfied by exercising their sense of touch; and the boys (who are surprisingly precocious in America ) were seldom satisfied, even by [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] lately placed. It has great merits of course, but it struck me as being rather strained and violent for its subject. I could wish, however, to have seen it in a better light than it can ever be viewed in, where it stands.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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However, there it was—a barge with a little house in it, viewed from the outside; and a caravan at a fair, viewed from within: the gentlemen being accommodated, as the spectators usually are, in one of those locomotive museums of penny wonders; and the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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However, there it was—a barge with a little house in it, viewed from the outside; and a caravan at a fair, viewed from within: the gentlemen being accommodated, as the spectators usually are, in one of those locomotive museums of penny wonders; and the ladies being partitioned off by a red curtain, after the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This is well enough, but nevertheless I cannot, I confess, incline towards the Shakers; view them with much favour, or extend towards them any very lenient construction. I so abhor, and from my soul detest that bad spirit, no matter by what class or sect it may be entertained, which would [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] not in vain. She was more diligent in teaching Topsy,—taught her mainly from the Bible,—did not any longer shrink from her touch, or manifest an ill-repressed disgust, because she felt none. She viewed her now through the softened medium that Eva's hand had first held before her eyes, and saw in her only an immortal creature, whom God had sent to be led by her to glory and virtue. Topsy did not [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Legree had been drinking to that degree that he was inclining to be very gracious; and it was about this time that the enclosures of the plantation rose to view. The estate had formerly belonged to a gentleman of opulence and taste, who had bestowed some considerable attention to the adornment of his grounds. Having died insolvent, it had been purchased, at [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] had, by some unfortunate accident, been detained, for a month or two, at some remote post-office, before it reached its destination; and, of course, before it was received, Tom was already lost to view among the distant swamps of the Red River.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)