vista

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All about stretched utter desolation; wherever my eyes turned, the vista was the same--a wide stretch of restless, brown water surging and leaping past, bounded by low-lying shores, forlorn and deserted.

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  1. noun A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
  2. noun An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
  3. noun An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: "the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up” (Arthur C. Danto).

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  • This vista was as lifeless and as unlovely as a glass-eyed animal stuffed for a display case. —  forestmage
  • On vista which is the prefered call - Menu, tray, show or MI_ShowMenu ( "tray")? —  AutoHotkey Community
  • "There is a very cool old chimney and home site and an amazing vista, all at water level," says Smith. —  The Hook News Blog
  • Spreading over a series of terraces ending at a high belvedere with a panoramic vista, the garden features avenues planted with tall cypresses, fountains and mythological statues, a small maze, pergolas and grottoes. —  Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk
  • Have you guys forgotten that the minimum requirements for XP home is 400 mhz and 64 ram? vodkashot: Do you feel that there is a better platform for gaming on 7 than vista, and are there any DX10 updates? —  ShoutWire.com
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expanse ·  panorama ·  landscape ·  avenue ·  glimpse ·  maze ·  horizon ·  surrounding ·  stillness ·  splendor ·  sweep ·  vision

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vista:   vistas
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Italian, from feminine past participle of vedere, to see, from Latin vidēre; see weid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also, erroneously, visto; from Italian vista, sight, view, from visto, past participle of redere, from Latin videre, past participle visas, see: seevision.
 

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