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scape

scape

1 6.2
A view of a place, like a country or a city
  • noun
  • /skeɪp/
translation icon : paisaje
  • As we climbed to the top of the hill, the scape of the city below unfolded before our eyes.
  • cityscape

Ultimately, it is possible to live in the sounds and scapes of these poems.

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Examples

  • A scape is a view of a large number of objects, such as a landscape or ocean-scape, and thus alludes to the object-oriented nature of vector imagery.

    Blog text (26)
  • What we end up with is a vast and relatively unexplored learning-scape.

    Academic text (2006)
  • You would see some glorious landscape out a garden scape, out a side of your window with beautiful trees.

  • In this study, it was the City Scape teens who used alternative media to resist what they didn't like about the world around them.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In these oddly familiar future-scapes, history, language, and desire collide with the paranoia induced by a dominant technocracy.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The painting captured a breathtaking scape of rolling hills and vibrant sunsets.

  • The photographer specialized in creating stunning urban scapes that highlight the beauty of city life.

Synonyms

view
vsscape
772 1.0

What you can see from a particular place

serves as a combining form to indicate what is seen
scene
vsscape
232 1.9

A view of the land, sea, or sky seen from one place

is used in compounds to signal a particular visible setting
landscape
vsscape
150 3.0

A view of land and nature seen at once, often beautiful

is used in compounds to mean that whole visible area
scenery
vsscape
84 1.0

A natural view of hills, trees, or water that looks beautiful

is used in compounds to mean those natural features
prospect
vsscape
25 3.9

A view of a wide area like hills or a city

is used in compounds to indicate a distant wide sight
panorama
vsscape
8 4.8

A wide clear view of a large area seen from a high place

is used in compounds to suggest a broad continuous sight
panoramic view
vsscape
5 3.7

A wide way of looking at a place, situation, or topic from a high position

functions as a combining form to suggest a very wide sight

How Wide

expanse
46 4.6
panorama
8 4.8
landscape
150 3.0
scape
1 6.2
view
772 1.0
scene
355 3.1

Surface Forms

scape singular
scapes plural

Etymology

Scape meaning a 'view' comes from the ending in words like landscape; that part originally meant 'shape' or 'condition' in Dutch, and English speakers began using -scape to mean a kind of 'scene' or 'view', as in cityscape.