viewing
Act of observing
Viewing is the act of looking at or watching something.
A viewing can be a scheduled opportunity to see something—a house for sale, an art exhibition, or a body at a funeral home before burial.
Television viewing refers to watching programs: Viewing figures dropped after the finale.
In legal contexts, a viewing is when a jury visits a crime scene.
Actively looking at something
- observingPerceiving attentively
- seeingPerceiving by sight
- lookingUsing eyes to observe
- witnessingSeeing something occur
spectatorship · gazing · audience · onlookers · bystanders · eyewitness · surveying · beholding
Unobstructed wide-angle view
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
lookout · observation · sightseeing · vantage · platform · tower · deck · telescope
Formal assessment of condition
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- showingPresenting for others
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- realtorLicensed property seller
prospective · buyer · appointment · listing · visit · property · house-hunting · flat
Transmitted media signal
- programmingWriting software instructions
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- episodeSerialized content unit
- seriesOrdered set of related items
binge · channel · prime-time · marathon · Netflix · on-demand · DVR · recorded
Observing celestial bodies
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- celestialOf the sky above
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
meteor · eclipse · planet · night-sky · moonwatching · comet · planetary · Saturn
watching
Actively looking at something
witnessing · spectatorship · gazing · audience · onlookers · bystanders · eyewitness · surveying · beholding · glimpsing
panorama
Unobstructed wide-angle view
landscape · lookout · observation · sightseeing · vantage · platform · tower · deck · telescope · binoculars
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- showingPresenting for others
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
realtor · prospective · buyer · appointment · listing · visit · property · house-hunting · flat · rental
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
- programmingWriting software instructions
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- episodeSerialized content unit
series · binge · channel · prime-time · marathon · Netflix · on-demand · DVR · recorded · replay
stargazing
Observing celestial bodies
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
- celestialOf the sky above
constellation · meteor · eclipse · planet · night-sky · moonwatching · comet · planetary · Saturn · Jupiter
visitation
Official or formal visit
condolences · bereaved · parlor · memorial · deceased · respects · chapel · flowers · family · gathering
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- viewing habitswatching, binge-watching, channel surfing, tuning in, watching movies
- appointmentsappointment, appointees, booking, nominations, nominees
- watchingwatching, observing, looking, gazing, staring
- death ritesfuneral, cremation, burial, natural burial, sea burial
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
viewingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · disregarding · looking away · turning a blind eye · neglecting
viewingdisbelieving
Refusing to accept something
mistrusting · rejecting · dismissing · doubting · denying
viewingcreating
Making something new
producing · performing · broadcasting · exhibiting · displaying
- binge viewingWatching many episodes consecutively
- viewing partyGroup gathering to watch
- second viewing
- private viewingExclusive early exhibition access
- marathon viewingConsuming many episodes straight
- viewing partiesSocial events for shared watching