view·ing

(vyo͞o′ĭng)

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)

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	viewing - the display of a motion picture screening, showing 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.	viewing - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" wake vigil, watch - the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

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 evening → la 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 viewing → películas que se venden para ver en casa
we strictly limit our children's TV viewing → limitamos el tiempo que nuestros hijos ven la televisión de manera estricta

2.2. (= programmes) → programas mpl, programación f
your weekend viewing → sus programas or su programación para el fin de semana
the series has become compulsive viewing → la serie se ha convertido en un programa que no debe perderse

B. CPD TV viewing figures NPL → cifras fpl de audiencia televisiva
viewing gallery N (gen) → galería f para observadores; (balcony-shaped) → palco m para observadores
viewing habits NPL → hábitos mpl de los telespectadores or televidentes
viewing platform N → plataforma f de observación
see also peak C

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viewing

(of house, at auction etc) → Besichtigung f; viewing time → Besichtigungszeiten pl

(TV) → Fernsehen nt; tennis makes compulsive viewing → Tennis macht die Fernsehzuschauer süchtig; 9 o’clock is peak viewing time → neun Uhr ist (die) Haupteinschaltzeit; this programme will be given another viewing next week → dieses Programm wird nächste Woche wiederholt; I don’t do much viewing → ich sehe nicht viel fern

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On viewing the island from an eminence, the first circumstance which strikes one, is the number of the roads and forts: the labour bestowed on the public works, if one forgets its character as a prison, seems out of all proportion to its extent or value.

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Rather than viewing the history of the city as being defined by steadily increasing governmental jurisdiction over its running--a linear narrative that implicitly informs much urban history--, Joyce sees successive phases of liberal rule as based on changing governmental conceptions of the city.

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The side pane includes options for searching the database for specific items, creating favorites lists, viewing additional information on selected objects in the sky view, going to LiveSky, which collects current astronomical images from observatories and satellites via the Web, activating Skyguide for a guided tour of the night sky, or selecting Calendar, which "contains a current chronological list of upcoming events and regional star parties." The Sky View tool bar adjusts the view of the sky based on local coordinates.

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The core issue here is clearly that one's viewing position (including how much anterior information one has about the subject) determines one's interpretation--quite literally so, since one screen is smaller than the other and hung in front of it, such that one can never view the totality at a sitting.

Cinematic affects: the art of Runa Islam; Martin Herbert surveys the artist's films, in which coolly hypnotic, oblique narratives--haunted by the afterimages of '60s avant-garde auteurs--straddle the borders between cinema and sculpture, art house and art gallery