different between view vs spy
view
English
Etymology
From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Noun
view (plural views)
- (physical) Visual perception.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- , Book II, Chapter XXI
- Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
- , Book II, Chapter XXI
- The range of vision.
- Synonyms: sight, eyeshot
- The walls of Pluto's palace are in view.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- Synonym: vista
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, s:The Pleasures of Hope
- 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video by a user.
- Synonyms: (of a webpage) pageview, (of a video) play
- (obsolete) Appearance; show; aspect.
- c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece
- [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
- c. 1648, Edmund Waller, The Night-Piece
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A mental image.
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
- A point of view.
- An intention or prospect.
- No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does
- A mental image.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- A wake. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms
- (part of computer program): model, controller
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
view (third-person singular simple present views, present participle viewing, simple past and past participle viewed)
- (transitive) To look at.
- The video was viewed by millions of people.
- (transitive) To regard in a stated way.
- I view it as a serious breach of trust.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deem
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- see
- look
- voyeur
Anagrams
- wive
Middle English
Noun
view
- Alternative form of vewe
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English view.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /viw/
- Homophone: viu
Noun
view f (plural views)
- (databases) view (logical table formed from data from physical tables)
- Synonym: visão
view From the web:
- what viewpoint is being expressed in the e-mail
- what viewpoint is the author suggesting
- what view of war is presented in micromegas
- what views are available in outlook 2016
- what viewpoint is expressed in this excerpt
- what view does zoom record
- how to email the view
- how to send an email to the view
spy
English
Etymology
From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *speh?n (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *speh?n? (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *spe?- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).
The noun displaced native Old English s??awere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English s??awian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
spy (plural spies)
- A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
Synonyms
- intelligencer
- Thesaurus:spy
Translations
Derived terms
- spyess (a female spy)
- spy ring
Verb
spy (third-person singular simple present spies, present participle spying, simple past and past participle spied)
- (intransitive) To act as a spy.
- (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
- 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman
- One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
- 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman
- (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
- (transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
Translations
Derived terms
- spy on
- spyhop
Related terms
- spyglass
- spyware
See also
- Wikipedia article on spies
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (supai)
- ? Korean: ??? (seupai)
Anagrams
- PYs, SYP, YPs, pys
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *sp?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pty?w- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Swedish and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien.
Noun
spy n (definite singular spyet) (uncountable)
- barf (US), vomit, spew
Verb
spy (present tense spyr, simple past spydde, past participle spydd)
- to barf (US), throw up, vomit, spew (also figurative)
Synonyms
- kaste opp
References
- “spy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse spýja. The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
spy (present tense spyr, past tense spydde, past participle spydd/spytt, passive infinitive spyast, present participle spyande, imperative spy)
- (transitive, intransitive) to vomit
- (intransitive, about blowflies) to lay eggs
Derived terms
Noun
spy n (definite singular spyet, uncountable)
- vomit, sick
- (collective) eggs of a blowfly
References
- “spy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- syp
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *sp?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pty?w- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Norwegian and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spy?/
Verb
spy (present spyr, preterite spydde, supine spytt, imperative spy)
- to throw up, to vomit
Conjugation
Quotations
Synonyms
- kräkas
Related terms
- spya
- spyboll
Anagrams
- pys
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- what spy stock
- what spy plane was shot down
- what spy means
- what spyware
- what spy ninja are you quiz
- what spyro games are on ps4
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