view·ing (vyōṓĭng)

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noun 

1. The act of seeing, watching, or examining.
2. The act or an instance of watching a movie or television.
3. Pennsylvania See wake¹

adjective 

Engaged in watching a movie or television: a poll of the viewing audience.

view (vyōō)

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[Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman from feminine past participle of veoir, to see, from Latin vidēre.]

noun 

1. 1. An examination or inspection: used binoculars to get a better view.
   2. A sight; a look.
2. A systematic survey; coverage: a view of Romantic poetry.
3. An individual and personal perception, judgment, or interpretation; an opinion: In his view, aid to the rebels should be suspended. See synonyms at opinion
4. Field of vision: The aircraft has disappeared from view.
5. A scene or vista: the view from the tower.
6. A picture of a landscape: a view of Paris, done in oils.
7. A way of showing or seeing something, as from a particular position or angle: a side view of the house.
8. Something kept in sight as an aim or intention: “The pitch of the roof had been calculated with a view to the heavy seasonal rains” (Caroline Alexander)
9. Expectation; chance: The measure has no view of success.

transitive verb: viewed, view·ing, views. 

1. To look at; watch: view an exhibit of etchings.
2. 1. To examine or inspect: viewed the house they were thinking of buying.
   2. To survey or study mentally; consider.
3. To think of in a particular way; regard: doesn't view herself as a success; viewed their efforts unfavorably. See synonyms at see¹

idioms

in view of

Taking into account; in consideration of.

on view

Placed so as to be seen; exhibited.

derivatives

vieẃa·ble

adjective

wake¹ (wāk)

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[Middle English wakien, waken, from Old English wacan, to wake up, wacian, to be awake, keep watch.]

verb: woke (wōk) or waked (wākt), waked or wok·en (wṓkən), wak·ing, wakes. 

intransitive verb 

1. 1. To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late.
   2. To stay awake: Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
   3. To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness: suddenly woke to the danger we were in.
2. To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse.

transitive verb 

1. To rouse from sleep; awaken.
2. To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse: wake old animosities.
3. To make aware of; alert: The shocking revelations finally woke me to the facts of the matter.
4. 1. To keep a vigil over.
   2. To hold a wake over.

noun 

1. A watch; a vigil.
2. A watch over the body of a deceased person before burial, sometimes accompanied by festivity. Also called viewing
3. Chiefly British
   1. A parish festival held annually, often in honor of a patron saint.
   2. An annual vacation.

derivatives

waḱer

noun

usage note

Usage Note: The pairs wake, waken and awake, awaken have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use. Only wake is used in the sense “to be awake,” as in expressions like wakingwakeningand sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up, and awake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up ). Some writers have suggested that waken should be used only transitively (as in The alarm wakened him ) and awaken only intransitively (as in He awakened at dawn ), but there is ample literary precedent for usages such as He wakened early and They did not awaken her. In figurative senses awake and awaken are more prevalent: With the governor's defeat the party awoke to the strength of the opposition to its position on abortion. The scent of the gardenias awakened my memory of his unexpected appearance that afternoon years ago.