panorama

«panorama» in Mova's school dictionary: A wide view of a large area of land, sea or sky — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a panorama, panoramas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wide view of a large area of land, sea or sky. tree →

2) A wide photograph or picture showing a whole scene from side to side. tree →

3) A full overview of a topic or a period: "a panorama of history". tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and trips, from a hill or tower you see a panorama of the town. On phones, the "panorama" mode takes a wide photo by turning slowly. In writing, a panorama is a wide description of a scene. Adjective: panoramic.

examples

• From the top of the hill there was a panorama of the whole city. tree →
• I took a panorama of the beach with my phone. tree →
• The castle tower gives a wonderful panorama of the valley. tree →
• The book gives a panorama of life in Victorian times. tree →
• Hold the phone still when you take a panorama. tree →
• The painting is a huge panorama of a battle. tree →

note

Countable: a panorama, panoramas. Adjective: panoramic (a panoramic view). From Greek "pan" (all) + "horama" (view).

In the corpora

• In 1957 the BBC programme Panorama showed a spoof film of spaghetti growing on trees, and many viewers believed it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «panorama» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.