view

«view» in Mova's school dictionary: What you can see from a place, especially a beautiful… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a view, views; view — uncountable); verb (view, views, viewed, viewing)

meaning for a pupil

1) What you can see from a place, especially a beautiful scene (a view of the sea). tree →

2) The ability to see something from where you are (Move, you're blocking my view!). tree →

3) An opinion or way of thinking about something (In my view…). tree →

4) To look at or watch something (view the photos). tree →

5) To think about something in a certain way (She views it as a challenge). tree →

6) (maths) How a 3-D shape looks from one side: front view, side view, plan view (from above). tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, pupils draw front, side and top (plan) views of 3-D shapes made of cubes. In English and debating, «my point of view» is an opinion, and stories have a narrator's point of view. In geography, viewpoints on maps show good places to see the landscape. In online safety, «views» is the number of times a video is watched. Phrases: point of view, in my view, in view of, come into view, a room with a view, viewpoint.

examples

• The view from the top of the hill was amazing. tree →
• Draw the front view and the side view of this shape. tree →
• In my view, dogs are better than cats. tree →
• A tall man was blocking my view of the stage. tree →
• The ship slowly came into view. tree →
• You can view the photos on the class website. tree →
• Everyone has a right to their own point of view. tree →
• The video has a thousand views. tree →
• What splendid vistas were then opened to my view! tree →

note

Spelling: «ie» + «w»: view. «Point of view» = opinion, or the eyes through which a story is told (first person: I, third person: he/she). Maths: plan view = view from directly above.

In the corpora

• Family arguments about politics are very common, because big choices affect everybody and people's views come from their own lives.
• Scientists also fix small cameras to animals to see the world from the animal's point of view.
• "A full and frank exchange of views" means a serious argument.
• "A frank exchange of views" means an angry argument; it is the language of officials and news reports.
• Children can ask their social worker questions, and their views are listened to.

Trees and pragmatics

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