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side view

side view

5 3.2
A picture or view of something seen from the side
  • noun
  • /saɪd vjuː/
translation icon : vista lateral
  • The architect presented a side view of the building to illustrate its unique design features.
  • front and side view
  • top and side views
  • shows the side view

So, but here's my side view.

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Examples

  • Tom adjusts the side-view mirror.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • A side view of the pump motor lift shows a second potential clearance problem in the containment building.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Give me a side view.

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

  • There is a side view of a small nest.

    Them! (1954)

  • When you back up, side view mirrors are your best friends.

    Blog text (11)

  • And I'm starting with a side view of the fast spinning Earth.

  • Then I made two drawings from the photograph, a front view and a side view.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The figure (above right) shows the side view of a fastball moving toward home plate.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In the side-view mirror, we see the camper shaking and hear Beavis/Cornholio.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Through his side-view mirror, the unsuspecting motorist sees the outline of a quickly approaching man.

    Fiction book (1995)

Antonyms

back
∞ 1.0

The rear part of a person's or animal's body

front
∞ 1.0

The part of something that faces forward toward a person or entrance

How Angled

to back
77 5.1
side view
5 3.2
front
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

side view singular
side views plural

Morphology

side + view

The meaning 'a view seen from the side' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'side' (the lateral part of something) with 'view' (a sight or representation). This simple noun+noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Side view: The noun side view comes from the simple idea of a view taken from the side of something, so you can see its shape or parts you cannot see from the front. So side view means 'a view or image of something from the side, not the front or back'.