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view·ing

(vyo͞o′ĭng)
n.
1. The act of seeing, watching, or examining.
2. The act or an instance of watching a movie or television.
3. A gathering of people in the presence of the body of a deceased person as an act of remembrance and consolation prior to burial or cremation.
adj.
Engaged in watching a movie or television: a poll of the viewing audience.
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viewing

(ˈvjuːɪŋ)
n
1. the act of watching television
2. (Broadcasting) television programmes collectively: late-night viewing.
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view•ing

(ˈvyu ɪŋ)

n.
1. an act or occasion of seeing, watching, or inspecting.
2. an act or instance of watching television.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:viewing - the display of a motion picture]viewing - the display of a motion picture
display - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
preview - a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
2. [画像:viewing - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial]viewing - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"
vigil, watch - the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
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Translations

viewing

[ˈvjuːɪŋ]
A. N
1. [of property, gallery] → visita f; (prior to auction) → exposición f, inspección f
"viewing by appointment only"estrictamente visitas concertadas
the gallery will be open for a private viewing this eveningla galería estará abierta esta noche para una visita privada
2. (TV)
2.1. (= act) "unsuitable for family viewing""no apto para ver en familia"
films sold for home viewingpelículas que se venden para ver en casa
we strictly limit our children's TV viewinglimitamos el tiempo que nuestros hijos ven la televisión de manera estricta
2.2. (= programmes) → programas mpl, programación f
your weekend viewingsus programas or su programación para el fin de semana
the series has become compulsive viewingla serie se ha convertido en un programa que no debe perderse
B. CPD TV viewing figures NPLcifras fpl de audiencia televisiva
viewing gallery N (gen) → galería f para observadores ; (balcony-shaped) → palco m para observadores
viewing habits NPLhábitos mpl de los telespectadores or televidentes
viewing platform Nplataforma f de observación
see also peak C
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viewing

n
(of house, at auction etc)Besichtigung f; viewing timeBesichtigungszeiten pl
(TV) → Fernsehen nt; tennis makes compulsive viewingTennis macht die Fernsehzuschauer süchtig ; 9 o’clock is peak viewing timeneun Uhr ist (die) Haupteinschaltzeit; this programme will be given another viewing next weekdieses Programm wird nächste Woche wiederholt ; I don’t do much viewingich sehe nicht viel fern
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References in classic literature ?
To represent me as viewing it with ill-nature, animosity, or partisanship, is merely to do a very foolish thing, which is always a very easy one; and which I have disregarded for eight years, and could disregard for eighty more.
Why do I find myself viewing this fellow in the light of a noxious insect?
Viewing it, they hugged themselves in ecstatic pity of their imagined or real condition.
happy house, could you know what I suffer in now viewing you from this spot, from whence perhaps I may view you no more!--And you, ye well-known trees!--but you will continue the same.--No leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we can observe you no longer!--No; you will continue the same; unconscious of the pleasure or the regret you occasion, and insensible of any change in those who walk under your shade!--But who will remain to enjoy you?"
An impartial spectator, who had met them on the way, would, on viewing their several countenances, have concluded Sophia alone to have been the object of compassion: for as to Jones, he exulted in having probably saved the life of the young lady, at the price only of a broken bone; and Mr Western, though he was not unconcerned at the accident which had befallen Jones, was, however, delighted in a much higher degree with the fortunate escape of his daughter.
For as the proverb of Zarathustra saith: "One thing is more necessary than the other." Only that his eyes remained open:--for they never grew weary of viewing and admiring the tree and the love of the vine.
I took another way to come back than that I went, thinking I could easily keep all the island so much in my view that I could not miss finding my first dwelling by viewing the country; but I found myself mistaken, for being come about two or three miles, I found myself descended into a very large valley, but so surrounded with hills, and those hills covered with wood, that I could not see which was my way by any direction but that of the sun, nor even then, unless I knew very well the position of the sun at that time of the day.
For the queen, whom I always attended, never went farther when she accompanied the king in his progresses, and there staid till his majesty returned from viewing his frontiers.
But so far from viewing the matter in the same light with those who object to select corps as dangerous, were the Constitution ratified, and were I to deliver my sentiments to a member of the federal legislature from this State on the subject of a militia establishment, I should hold to him, in substance, the following discourse:
He spent delightful minutes viewing the gilded images of memory.
Bennet's heart, but for the mortifying supposition of his viewing it all as his own future property.
He kept vigils, likewise, night after night, sometimes in utter darkness, sometimes with a glimmering lamp, and sometimes, viewing his own face in a looking-glass, by the most powerful light which he could throw upon it.

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