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vista

vis·ta
V v

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [vis-tuh]
    • /ˈvɪs tə/
    • /ˈvɪs.tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vis-tuh]
    • /ˈvɪs tə/

Definitions of vista word

  • noun vista a national program in the U.S., sponsored by ACTION, for sending volunteers into poor areas to teach various job skills. 1
  • noun vista view of landscape 1
  • noun vista mental vision 1
  • countable noun vista A vista is a view from a particular place, especially a beautiful view from a high place. 0
  • countable noun vista A vista is a vision of a situation or of a range of possibilities. 0
  • noun vista a view, esp through a long narrow avenue of trees, buildings, etc, or such a passage or avenue itself; prospect 0

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Origin of vista

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Italian: a view, noun use of feminine of visto (past participle of vedere to see < Latin vidēre)

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Parts of speech for Vista

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

vista popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

vista usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for vista

noun vista

  • aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
  • bird's eye view — You say that you have a bird's eye view of a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small.
  • diorama — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
  • headset — Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
  • horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.

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