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"VIEWS" is a plural of: view. |
Date "VIEWS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Views A Smalltalk extension for computer algebra. "An Object Oriented Approach to Algebra System Design", K. Abdali et al, in Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM 1986, pp.24-30. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VIEWS | English | Visual inspection and evaluation of wide-area scenes | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: VIEWSSynonym: Topographical views. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assent | Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to. |
Cooperation | Side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense; rationality, reason; reasonableness; adj; judgment; solidity, depth, profundity, caliber; enlarged views; reach of thought, compass of thought; enlargement of mind. |
Misjudgment | One-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry; (obstinacy); odium theologicum; pedantry; hypercriticism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They don't alter their views to fit the facts (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) A couple of Basque separatists took exceptions to my political views. Of course, I may have said something about soccer being the world's most boring sport (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Her views on clothes, of course, would be worth a lot more, maybe a thousanddollars (Roman Holiday; writing credit: Ian McLellan Hunter) Broadcasting beautiful views 24 hours a day: you're tuned to the Scenery Channel (Back to the Future Part II; writing credit: Ronnie Cramer) Satan has become an embarrassment to our progressive views. (Exorcist II: The Heretic; writing credit: William Goodhart) | |
Lyrics | High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man (Sowing The Seeds of Love; performing artist: Tears For Fears) | |
Clever | The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. (references; author: Mark Twain) Life lesson: People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | #180 Variety Views (1949) Newsweek Views the News (1948) #158 Variety Views (1947) Goofy News Views (1945) #116 Variety Views (1943) | |
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Pictured is a white adult female patient being readied for radiation therapy. She is lying on a table, covered with a white cloth. In some views, a technician is standing by the patient adjusting the radiation equipment. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | Several views of the plaque of the Pierluigi Nervi International Award for Cancer Research. Dr. Vincent Devita received this award on May 15, 1985. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
![]() | Full Disk Views of Io. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Sullivan Views the Earth. Credit: NASA. |
Jubilant astronomers unveiled humankind's most spectacular views of the universe, courtesy of ... Credit: NASA. | The deepest views of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope yield clues that the very ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | Four close-up views of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/4039). Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Five global views of Venus by Magellan. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Three views of Andrew on 23, 24 and 25 August 1992 asthe hurricane moves East to West. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Perspective views of Hurricane Georges nearing Florida during September1998. Credit: NASA. |
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| "B/W views 03" by Andrea Bianchi Commentary: "Autmnal swedish days." | "Sensational Views" by Mary Tamaki Commentary: "New York, New York, Las Vegas." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Hamilton | The system . . . is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit. |
J. August Strindberg | Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love. |
J. Bobart | Think that day lost whose slow descending sun views from thy hand no noble action done. |
Jean De La BruyFre | You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed. |
John Adams | Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. |
Muhammad Ali | The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. |
Oscar Wilde | No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Swiss Government, in their note of May 5 on this subject, have expressed various views and reservations. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | It covered exhaustively consideration of the Amendment in Congress, ratification by the states, then existing practices in racial segregation, and the views of proponents and opponents of the Amendment. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | So far from having long understood you, I have been in a most complete error with respect to your views, till this moment |
Three Voices | Carroll, Lewis | Then, having wholly overthrown His views, and stripped them to the bone, Proceeded to unfold her own. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The universe is wider than our views of it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Their views, therefore, may be biased. (references) | |
Different positions give different views of the intestines. (references) | ||
The information presented here does not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations. (references) | ||
Business | It views with concern Iran's support for terrorism and efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. (references) | |
Authorities deny permits and quickly move to suppress demonstrations involving expression of dissenting political views. (references) | ||
Liu had started a hunger strike to protest beatings by prison guards who wanted him to renounce his antigovernment views. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | The Greek Helsinki Monitor and POSER, the organization that represents the views of the Romani community, challenged this statistic. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Qatar | Citizens express many of their views freely and in public. (references) |
Taiwan | Print media represent the full spectrum of views within society. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | Views expressed since the 1990 move to democracy are varied and vigorous. (references) |
Denmark | Denmark shares U.S. views on the positive ramifications of NATO enlargement. (references) | |
Papua New Guinea | Its views on international political and economic issues are generally moderate. (references) | |
Human Rights | East Timor | UNTAET officials are cooperative and responsive to their views. (references) |
Brazil | Federal officials usually are cooperative and responsive to their views. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | Republic officials were somewhat cooperative and responsive to their views. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | In granting such authorization, the Constitution stipulates that the views of the affected communities must be considered and that the communities also must "participate" in the benefits gained from such use. (references) |
Minorities | Czech Republic | A small but persistent and fairly well-organized extreme rightwing movement with anti-Semitic views exists in the country. (references) |
Jordan | The majority of the population views religion as central to personal identity, and religious conversions are not tolerated widely. (references) | |
Political Economy | Albania | The GOA is increasingly interested in the views of the business community. (references) |
Italy | It is currently too early to determine his views on the use of biotechnology in agriculture. (references) | |
Netherlands | The D66 party combines views from left and liberal streams, while advocating political reform. (references) | |
Political Rights | Burma | Even limited opposition views were ignored. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Congress provides an open forum for the free exchange of views and debate. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | The country is a parliamentary democracy with an active multiparty system in which a wide range of political views is represented. (references) | |
Trade | Kuwait | The Kuwait government views its offset program as a major vehicle for attracting foreign investment to Kuwait. (references) |
Women | Lithuania | Significant inequalities in society based on gender continued, and conservative views about the role of women persisted. (references) |
Singapore | Those laws allow Muslim men to practice polygyny, although requests to take additional spouses may be refused by the Registry of Muslim Marriages, which solicits the views of an existing spouse or spouses and reviews financial capability. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Sierra Leone | External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. (references) |
Sweden | In some instances, unions even demand collective agreements regardless of the views and union status of employees. (references) | |
Honduras | Unions occasionally hold public demonstrations against government policies and make extensive use of the news media to advance their views. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Minnesota gagged the state judge with a law prohibiting judicial candidates from expressing their views on certain subjects. |
Senator Carl Levin | I think there is a real difference going on there, and I'm just hoping that the president will consider the views of his top military leaders, because they're much more cautious than some of the civilians in the Pentagon. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Enough, however, is known already to afford an assurance that the views of that act have been substantially fulfilled. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To be ready to meet with cordiality satisfactory proofs of such a change, and to proceed in the mean time in adapting our measures to the views which have been disclosed through that minister will best consult our whole duty. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Local jealousies are rapidly yielding to more generous, enlarged, and enlightened views of national policy. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | As the outline of a project to that effect, the views presented in the report of the Secretary of War are recommended to the consideration of Congress. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I would also call your attention to the views I have heretofore expressed of the propriety of amending the Constitution in relation to the mode of electing the President and the Vice-President of the United States. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The accommodation of varying views of four governments in the day-to-day civil administration of occupied territory is a challenging task. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We have spoken about this long since and are prepared to continue to exchange views on this question with you and to find a reasonable solution. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | A strong defense posture gives weight to our values and our views in international negotiations. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Their political views are increasingly important, as demonstrated in their overwhelming condemnation of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | All of you know whatever your views are that I think this a great opportunity for America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "VIEWS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.51% of the time. "VIEWS" is used about 7,356 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.51% | 7,246 | 1,338 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 1.47% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,356 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "VIEWS": air one's views ♦ criticize smb.'s views ♦ exchange of views ♦ exchange views ♦ have views on smth. ♦ identity of views ♦ large views ♦ they hold different views ♦ views of london ♦ wide views. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "VIEWS": world-views. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VIEWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjasim mendimesh (identity of views). (various references) | |
Arabic | تبادل الرأى (exchange of views). (various references) | |
Chinese | 看法 (View). (various references) | |
Czech | napadnout èí názory (criticize smb.'s views). (various references) | |
Danish | politiske, ideologiske eller religioese overbevisninger (philosophical or religious views, political), Politiske (philosophical or religious views, political), Indholdet af denne publikation gengiver ikke nødvendigvis Fællesskabets institutioners officielle meninger.Eftertryk tilladt (The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the institutions of the Community.Reproduction authorized), ideologiske eller religioese overbevisninger (philosophical or religious views, political), fremlægge udtalelse fra...i sin betænkning (to set out the views of...), den berettigede interesse enhver af disse stater har i,at dens synspunkter tages i betragtning (the justified interest of any of those States in having their views considered), at styrke regeringernes solidaritet gennem harmonisering af deres synspunkter,afstemning af deres holdninger og...faelles handling (to strengthen solidarity between Governments by promoting the harmonization of their views and the alignment of their positions and ... joint action), afgive sin udtalelse (to deliver one's opinion, to make known one's views). (various references) | |
Dutch | wijsgerige of godsdienstige opvattingen (philosophical or religious views, political), politieke, wijsgerige of godsdienstige opvattingen (philosophical or religious views, political), politieke (philosophical or religious views, political), het standpunt van...in haar verslag uiteenzetten (to set out the views of...), het gerechtvaardigde belang dat ieder van deze Staten erbij heeft dat zijn standpunten in overweging worden genomen (the justified interest of any of those States in having their views considered), hebben een grondige gedachtenwisseling gehouden (to hold a thorough exchange of views), haar advies uitbrengen (to deliver one's opinion, to make known one's views), De inhoud van deze publikatie is niet noodzakelijk een officiële weergave van de opvattingen van de gemeenschapsinstellingen.Nadruk toegestaan (The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the institutions of the Community.Reproduction authorized). (various references) | |
Finnish | puoluekanta (political views). (various references) | |
French | des idées. (various references) | |
German | sieht (see, sees), Sichten (examine, inspect, look through, pick up, sift, sift through, sight, to sift, visibilities), gesinnung (attitude, basic convictions, cast of mind, contention, ethos, opinion, way of thinking), Aussichten (outlook), Ansichten. (various references) | |
Greek | γνωμοδοτώ (to deliver one's opinion, to make known one's views), πολιτικές,φιλοσοφικές ή θρησκευτικές πεποιθήσεις (philosophical or religious views, political), ανταλλάσσω απόψεισ (exchange views), διιστάμενες απόψεις (dissenting views). (various references) | |
Hungarian | liberális felfogás (large views), eszmecsere (colloquy, conference, exchange of views). (various references) | |
Italian | vedute (outlook). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 識見 (discernment, insight, opinion, pride, self-respect), 見識 (discernment, opinion, pride, self-respect). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しきけん (discernment, insight, opinion, pride, self-respect, the right to command), しっけん (discernment, disenfranchisement, insight, loss of rights, opinion, pride, regent, self-respect), けんしき (discernment, opinion, pride, self-respect). (various references) | |
Korean | 전망 (Outlook, View). (various references) | |
Manx | loayrt mychione (air, air views, airing, comment). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iewsvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | opiniões políticas,filosóficas ou religiosas (philosophical or religious views, political), O conteúdo desta publicação não reflecte necessariamente as opiniões oficiais das instituições da Comunidade.Reprodução autorizada (The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the institutions of the Community.Reproduction authorized), emitir parecer (to deliver one's opinion, to make known one's views). (various references) | |
Romanian | vederi largi (breadth of mind, broad gauge, broad ideas, comprehension, large views, liberality, wide views), sunt de pãreri diferite (they hold different views). (various references) | |
Russian | с видами (with views of), отречься от своих взглядов (backtrack on one's views), обмен мнениями (give and take, interchange of views, showdown), недальновидность (poor judgement, short views, short-sight), здравый суждение (sane views). (various references) | |
Spanish | opiniones políticas, filosóficas o religiosas (philosophical or religious views, political), exponer opinión (air one's views), exponer en su dictamen la opinión de... (to set out the views of...), emitir su opinión (to deliver one's opinion, to make known one's views), el justificado interés de cada uno de esos Estados en que se tomen en consideración sus puntos de vista (the justified interest of any of those States in having their views considered), El contenido de esta publicación no refleja necesariamente las opiniones oficiales de las instituciones de la Comunidad Europea. Reproducción autorizada (The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the institutions of the Community.Reproduction authorized), celebrar un intercambio a fondo de opiniones (to hold a thorough exchange of views). (various references) | |
Swedish | ser (looks, see, sees). (various references) | |
Turkish | görüşünü açıklamak (air one's views), düşüncelerini açıklamak (air one's views). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "VIEWS": counterviews, interviews, overviews, preinterviews, previews, purviews, reinterviews, rereviews, reviews, televiews, worldviews. (additional references) | |
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"VIEWS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vaws, veows, vews, vieds, viers, viets, viewe, viewn, voews. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VIEWS" (pronounced vyuw"z) |
| 4 | v y uw" z | reviews, revues. |
| 3 | -y uw" z | abuse, accuse, amuse, confuse, bemuse, cues, defuse, diffuse, disabuse, ewes, excuse, fuse, Hews, hues, infuse, miscues, misuse, muse, overuse, pews, queues, recuse, refuse, reuse, skews, spews, suffuse, transfuse, use. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: swive, wives. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-s-v-w" | |
-1 letter: vies, view, vise, wise, wive. | |
-2 letters: sei, sew, vie, vis, wis. | |
-3 letters: es, is, si, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-s-v-w" | |
+1 letter: swived, swivel, swives, swivet, waives, wavies, wivers. | |
+2 letters: reviews, swivels, swivets, viewers, waivers, waviest, weevils, wiverns. | |
+3 letters: airwaves, alewives, huswives, inweaves, lowlives, midwives, oldwives, overwise, previews, purviews, swerving, swiveled, viewiest, viewings, viewless, waviness. | |
+4 letters: disavowed, driveways, farmwives, fishwives, giveaways, goodwives, kalewives, lawgivers, overswing, overviews, overwinds, rereviews, reviewals, reviewers, semivowel, swiveling, swivelled, televiews, viewdatas, vowelizes, wingovers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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