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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. sight; panorama, vista, prospect, scene; inspection, survey; purpose, aim; viewpoint, angle; opinion, belief, notion; appearance, aspect. See visibility. —v. t. see; survey, scan; watch, witness; consider, regard, study. See vision.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A sight]

Syn. glimpse, look, panorama, aspect, show, appearance, scene, picture, tableau, spectacle.

2. [A vista]

Syn. prospect, distance, opening, stretch, outlook, way, extended view, long view, avenue; see also sense 1 .

3. [A picture]

Syn. illustration, origination, representation, composition, landscape, diorama, reproduction, design, imitation.

4. [An opinion]

Syn. belief, judgment, viewpoint; see belief 1 , judgment 3 , opinion 1 , viewpoint .

See Synonym Study at opinion .

• in view,

Syn. visible, in sight, not out of sight, perceptible, perceivable; see also obvious 1 .

• in view of,

Syn. in light of, in consideration of, taking into consideration; see because , considering .

• on view,

Syn. displayed, on display, exposed; see shown 1 ;

• with a view to,

Syn. in order that, in order to, so that, anticipating; see to 4 .

v.

Syn. observe, survey, inspect; see see 1 .

See Synonym Study at see .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. looking seeing, observation, examination, inspection, scrutiny, scan, look-see, once-over.

2. sight vision, range.

3. scene scenery, vista, panorama, outlook, prospect, landscape, seascape.

4. opinion judgment, perspective, thoughts, feeling, observation, point of view, belief, impression, conviction, attitude.

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v.

1. look at see, behold, observe, examine, inspect, scrutinize, scan, check out, survey, *get a load of, regard, peep, eyeball.

2. consider regard, judge, deem, think, look at.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An act of directing the eyes on an object: contemplation, look, regard, sight. See SEE. 2. The act of examining carefully: check, checkup, examination, inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study. Informal: going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 3. Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment. See OPINION. 4. That which is or can be seen: lookout, outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scene, sight, vista. See SEE. 5. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. II verb 1. To direct the eyes on an object: consider, contemplate, eye, look. Idiom: clap (or lay or set) one's eyes on. See SEE. 2. To look at carefully or critically: check (out), con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse. Informal: case. Idiom: give a going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 3. To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, see. See PERSPECTIVE.