viewing

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
view/vjuː/

▶noun

• 1 the ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place.

• 2 a sight or prospect from a particular position, typically an attractive one.

• 3 an attitude or opinion.

• 4 an inspection of things for sale by prospective purchasers, especially of works of art.

▶verb

• 1 look at or inspect.

  ■ inspect (a house or other property) with the prospect of buying or renting it.

  ■ watch (a programme) on television.

  ■ Hunting see (a fox) break cover.

• 2 regard in a particular way: he was viewed as an eccentric.

– phrases
in full view clearly visible.
in view

• 1 visible.

• 2 in one's mind or as one's aim.

in view of because or as a result of.
on view being shown or exhibited to the public.
with a view to with the hope or intention of.

– derivatives
viewable adjective,
viewing noun,
viewless adjective.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. vieue, fem. past part. of veoir ‘see’, from L. videre.