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view

80 3.0
The number of times an online item has been watched
  • noun
  • /vjuː/
  • Texting
translation icon : visualización
  • I'm not getting as many views in the first hour as normal.
  • page views
  • a million views
  • views per minute

And literally like a few views got me so amped up.

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Examples

  • The website received over one million page views and almost 500,000 readers in FY11, up from the previous year.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Our video got four million views.

  • We're just not going to get enough views from those suggested videos.

  • Did we get a million views and make some roof money?

  • Soon, popular ukulele performances began to draw views in the hundreds of thousands.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our video got four million views.

  • It's gotten over a million views.

  • It has 50,000 views.

Synonyms

hit
vsview
  • Texting
132 3.9

One visit to a website or web page

is a content-focused count of item plays or loads rather than generic resource accesses
visit
vsview
  • Jargon
73 4.0

One time a user goes to a website or page, counted by the site's system

is an item-level count of each play or load, not a whole session
pageview
vsview
  • Texting
4 3.1

One time a person opens a web page in a browser

is a broader count covering videos, posts, or other item loads not only pages

Idioms

in view of
  • Formal
25 3.5

Use when you think about a fact or situation in a decision

11 1.0

Close enough to be seen

5 2.8

Not able to be seen anymore

To not approve of something

1 4.0

To do something in order to reach a goal

3.5

To do something in order to make something happen

Compounds

514 3.7

A way someone thinks about something, for example legally or personally

14 3.3

The position from which you look at something

A view from above that shows the whole area or situation

field of view
  • Specialized
8 4.2

The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope

A small mirror inside a car that shows the area behind the driver

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

5 4.6

A set of ideas about life and how things fit together

5 5.1

A bad opinion of someone or something

5 3.2

A picture or view of something seen from the side

A view from high above that shows the whole area

A very beautiful scene you see from a place like a mountain or sea

A belief a group has held for a long time and sees as normal

What you see from a high place or from a position of power

1 7.5

A narrow way of thinking that ignores long-term effects

coronal view
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A view that shows the body from front to back along a vertical cut

angle of view
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A camera lens shows how much of a scene you can see, measured in degrees

A view from below the water surface that shows plants and animals

cuntservative view
  • Offensive
9.9

An extremely traditional opinion expressed in a rude way

fauxminist view
  • Offensive
9.9

An attitude that appears to support women's equality but lacks real action

9.9

A belief that global culture should replace local traditions

9.6

A very old-fashioned strict opinion that refuses new ideas

Hollywoke view
  • Offensive
9.9

A social or political view held by Hollywood celebrities that people often use to criticize them

A strict moral and religious attitude valuing self-control and rejecting pleasure

radlib view
  • Slang
9.9

A political view that wants large social changes to make society more fair

rockist view
  • Jargon
8.8

An attitude that says rock music is better than other styles

Seeing things in a very positive way that ignores problems

Panglossian view
  • Literature
9.9

An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems

A way of thinking that does not value art or books

view angle
  • Specialized
4.5

The angle a camera lens shows of a scene that decides how much you can see

A very low view from the ground showing things as seen by someone with little power

How Engaged

subscription
  • Texting
68 2.9
comment
1.0
like
113 1.8
engagement
  • Jargon
39 3.9
click
  • Texting
174 1.1
view
  • Texting
80 3.0
impression
  • Jargon
12 4.2

Surface Forms

view singular
views plural

Etymology

View comes from the old root vid/vis meaning 'to see', like in video. A counted 'view' online is simply a recorded 'seeing' — one time someone watched or loaded the item.