View Viewed Watch Vjuː Suspicion I People Viewing

• when the car was first built, the design was viewed as highly original.
• how do you view your position within the company?
• she viewed him with suspicion.
• you should view their offer with a great deal of caution.

view

1. to think about somebody/something in a particular way
• When the car was first built, the design was viewed as highly original.
• How do you view your position within the company?
• She viewed him with suspicion.
• You should view their offer with a great deal of caution.
• He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke.
• I wouldn’t call German an easy language.
• You may find your illness hard to accept.
• Who do you consider (to be) responsible for the accident?
• He considers himself an expert.
• They are considered a high-risk group.
• Try to see things from her point of view.
• How do you view your position within the company?
2. to look at something, especially when you look carefully
• People came from all over the world to view her work.
• A viewing platform gave stunning views over the valley.
• The eclipse should only be viewed through a special lens.
• If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
• She looked at me and smiled.
• to watch television
• Watch what I do, then you try.
• In the evening we went to see a movie.
• People came from all over the world to view her work.
• The patients were observed over a period of several months.
3. to visit a house, etc. with the intention of buying or renting it
• The property can only be viewed by appointment.
4. to watch television, a film/movie, etc.
• See related entries: Watching TV
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/watching_tv/view_4
• The show has a viewing audience of six million (= six million people watch it).
• an opportunity to view the movie before it goes on general release
• If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
• She looked at me and smiled.
• to watch television
• Watch what I do, then you try.
• In the evening we went to see a movie.
• People came from all over the world to view her work.
• The patients were observed over a period of several months.

Extra Examples

• He is widely viewed as a possible leader.
• Slaves were traditionally viewed as their masters’ property.
• These results should be viewed cautiously.
• They tend to view foreigners with suspicion.
• This behaviour is not viewed as acceptable.
• Try to view the situation from an American perspective.
• Try to view the situation objectively.
• Saturday’s screening will be an opportunity to view the movie before it goes on general release.
• She has always viewed him with suspicion.
• The eclipse should only be viewed through a special lens.
• The show has a viewing audience of six million.
• When the car was first built, the design was viewed as highly original.
• You should view their offer with a great deal of caution.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they view
• he / she / it views
• past simple viewed
• past participle viewed
• -ing form viewing

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vieue, feminine past participle of veoir ‘see’, from Latin videre. The verb dates from the early 16th cent.