vista

CEFRC1

/ˈvɪstə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A pleasing view across a wide area.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A site offering such a view.

Examples

  • Researchers announce method of circumventing Windows Vista security features.

  • The street, lined with trees, provided a vista of the sea.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈviːstə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

  2. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To make a vista or landscape of.

More examples

In context

  • Open up vistas of expansion into hitherto untapped markets.

  • a vista of pleasure to come

  • dim vistas of the past

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

From the top of the hill, we saw a beautiful blank of the entire valley below.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.