Devolving and View

noun

• A way of regarding situations or topics etc..
  • usage: "consider what follows from the positivist view"
  • synonyms: position, perspective
• The visual percept of a region.
  • usage: "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
  • synonyms: aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
• The act of looking or seeing or observing.
  • usage: "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
  • synonyms: survey, sight
• The range of the eye.
  • usage: "they were soon out of view"
  • synonyms: eyeshot
• A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
  • usage: "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti"
  • synonyms: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, thought
• A message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.
  • usage: "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
  • synonyms: opinion
• Purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'.
  • usage: "he took the computer with a view to pawning it"
• Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.
  • usage: "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
  • synonyms: scene
• The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.
  • usage: "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
  • synonyms: horizon, purview
• Outward appearance.
  • usage: "they look the same in outward view"

verb

• Deem to be.
  • usage: "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
  • synonyms: see, consider, reckon, regard
• Look at carefully; study mentally.
  • usage: "view a problem"
  • synonyms: consider, look at
• See or watch.
  • usage: "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
  • synonyms: watch, see, catch, take in

• (n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued.
• (n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
• (n.) Appearance; show; aspect.
• (v.t.) To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore.
• (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.
• (n.) Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.
• (v.t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.
• (n.) That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.
• (n.) The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.
• (n.) That which is looked towards or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.