viewing

«viewing» in Mova's school dictionary: an occasion when you look at something, especially a… — 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 viewing, viewings; viewing — uncountable); verb form (viewing — from view)

meaning for a pupil

1) A viewing is an occasion when you look at something, especially a house you might buy or rent, a film, or a show. tree →

2) Viewing is the act of watching, especially TV or films, as in "family viewing". tree →

3) A viewing is a time before a funeral when people come to see the body of the person who has died, to say goodbye. tree →

4) Viewing is the -ing form of "view": looking at. tree →

sense in the lessons

In adult life, families go to viewings of houses or flats before buying or renting. In everyday life, TV programmes are labelled "family viewing" or "not suitable for younger viewers". In family life, a funeral viewing lets loved ones say goodbye. In science, a viewing platform helps you watch birds or the stars. Phrases: "a house viewing", "viewing platform", "family viewing", "essential viewing", "private viewing".

examples

• We went to three house viewings on Saturday. tree →
• The programme is good family viewing. tree →
• From the viewing platform we saw the whole city. tree →
• This documentary is essential viewing for anyone who loves animals. tree →
• Before the funeral, there was a viewing at the funeral home. tree →
• Viewing the eclipse directly can hurt your eyes. tree →
• The museum held a private viewing of the new paintings. tree →
• The little tailor went up to him, and greeting him cheerfully said: “Good-day, friend; there you sit at your ease viewing the whole wide world. tree →

note

Countable for an event (a viewing, viewings); uncountable for watching in general. A "viewer" is someone who watches. Safety trap: never view the Sun directly, even during an eclipse; use special glasses or a pinhole viewer.

In the corpora

• An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.

Trees and pragmatics

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