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viewing, vbl. n.|ˈvjuːɪŋ|
[f. view v.]
The action of beholding or observing; examination or inspection; spec. (a) (U.S.) The action of taking a last look at the body of a dead person before the funeral; a time during which visitors may so view a body; (b) the activity of watching television; an instance or period of this.
1548Cooper Elyot's Dict., Inspectio,..a viewynge. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xv. (1634) 79 The Understanding minde, which with..quiet viewing beholdeth all those things that Reason is wont to discourse upon. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 79 Thee mount Leucates..Vp peaks to the viewing. 1593Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 453 A gennerall Assembly houlden..for vewinge of the waste plott of grounde. 1613in Scott. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1910) 12 Denton had the veweing and marshalling of all his evidences and was trusted to have access unto them at his pleasure. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 139 Often viewing will make familiar, and free it from distaste. 1672Penn in Life Wks. 1726 I. 45 Such as foolishly think thy Dreams and Impostures worth a viewing. 1785Burns To W. Simpson Postscr. iii, They thought the Moon..Woor by degrees, till her last roon Gaed past their viewin. 1838J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xiv, People are quick to censure, especially such as look to the tobacco viewing.
(a)1944Casket & Sunnyside Dec. 31/3 At least during the trying hours of the viewings we had individualized the setting. 1955Habenstein & Lamers Hist. Amer. Funeral Directing xiii. 571 The viewing is controlled in some parts of the country by the funeral director to the extent that certain visiting hours are established. 1956Washington Post 10 Feb. 33/7 In addition to the viewing the mass also will be open to all who choose to attend. 1963J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death vi. 95 Demonstrably flimsy and ridiculous as the justifications for universal embalming and ‘viewing’ may be, they have nonetheless proved very effective and so far have been safe from authoritative contradiction. 1968H. Waugh ‘30’ Manhattan East (1969) 182 The funeral home in which Monica Glazzard's mortal remains were to be displayed was on Lexington Avenue..and the viewing was..Friday night from 8 p.m.
(b)195920th Cent. Nov. 335 After a year's viewing the newcomer to television does view rather less than at first. 1960Guardian 22 July 4/6 Much of the output..[is] unsuitable for ‘family viewing’. 1974Times 28 Feb. 16/8 The material is largely composed of old favourites, but that is an irony of television..a second, even third, viewing is welcome.
attrib.1571Digges Pantom. i. xxi. G j, If it be lower at the glasse than at the viewing station. 1897Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 138 The viewing differ from the taking screens. 1935Times 15 May 13/2 A few weeks ago a similar viewing post was opened in Berlin. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 893/1 Viewing room, a small projection theatre in a studio, for viewing rushes and completed films during the process of editing. 1949Radio Times 15 July 43/1 Automatically raised to viewing position by press button control. 1955‘J. Christopher’ Year of Comet i. 5 He knew her viewing habits... She alternated between three channels. 1956B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 104 It is of obvious interest and importance to the BBC to know how those of the television public who have a choice of programmes, divide their viewing time. 195920th Cent. Nov. 335 American viewing figures..are slightly higher than ours. 1961G. Millerson Telev. Production iii. 32 Clearly, if we use any camera lens-angle other than the audience's viewing angle (around 12° to 20°), distortion will occur. 1969J. Elliot Duel i. ii. 36 Cutting rooms and a tiny viewing theatre. 1972‘H. Calvin’ Take Two Popes iii. 23 Ramon could see himself herded into the viewing area. 1973Listener 23 Aug. 261/3 There's a BBC view that if we have a spare viewing-room ready for researchers, we are bad housekeepers. 1975Broadcast 14 July 6/2 BBC viewing hours have also gone up..but the profile proportion has decreased. 1975Language for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) ii. 14 Nothing this Committee can say in isolation will change the viewing pattern of those evening hours which children spend in front of a set. 1975M. Keynon Mr Big xx. 188 At the terminal he watched from the viewing platform but..was not even certain he was looking at the correct aircraft.
Add: (c) (an instance of) the inspection of a property by a prospective buyer, or of objects to be sold at auction (cf. *view n. 1 f). Freq. attrib., esp. in viewing day.
c1961Webster, Viewing, an act of seeing or taking a look (as at scenery or an exhibition). 1968H. C. Rae Few Small Bones ii. viii. 142 Jenny would be happy to settle for..a rented flat... Galbraith, who had hardly to exert himself to locate such a residence, set up a viewing for Lang and his wife. 1970A. Coysh Antique Buyer's Dict. Names Pref. 9 The ability to look up the facts about makers or craftsmen very quickly, between viewing-day and auction sale. 1974Country Life 17 Jan. (Suppl.) 25 Sol Villas can..arrange a properly co-ordinated viewing schedule for you. 1980W. C. Ketchum Auction! ii. 18 Viewings..in nearly all cases..are open to the general public without charge. 1987Traditional Interior Decoration Summer 24/3 Auction houses..encourage people to come in and view the sale (for convenience, many viewings are now on Sundays). |