[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/view/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) / view # view noun (a view, views; view — uncountable); verb (view, views, viewed, viewing) «view» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. What you can see from a place, especially a beautiful scene (a view of the sea). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m1) 2. The ability to see something from where you are (Move, you're blocking my view!). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m2) 3. An opinion or way of thinking about something (In my view…). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m3) 4. To look at or watch something (view the photos). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m4) 5. To think about something in a certain way (She views it as a challenge). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m5) 6. (maths) How a 3-D shape looks from one side: front view, side view, plan view (from above). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#m6) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x1) - Draw the front view and the side view of this shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x2) - In my view, dogs are better than cats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x3) - A tall man was blocking my view of the stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x4) - The ship slowly came into view. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x5) - You can view the photos on the class website. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x6) - Everyone has a right to their own point of view. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x7) - The video has a thousand views. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x8) - What splendid vistas were then opened to my view! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/#x9) ### 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 Jewish tradition Interpretation: In Nehemiah, Ezra and Joshua, "view" means to look over and inspect something, such as a wall, a people or a land. It is also used to send spies to scout. In the primary 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 - A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x1) - Here the view of various writers differ widely. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x2) - Various views prevailed about the origin of these two sym- bols. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x3) - Then went I up in the night in the valley, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. (Writings NEH.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x4) - And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (Writings EZR.8.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x5) - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.' And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. (Prophets JOS.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «view» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«view» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/view.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «view» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/view/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«view» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/view.html) on Mova free.