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vista

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈvɪs.tə/

Definition

literary a view, especially a beautiful view from a high position: After a hard climb, we were rewarded by a picture-postcard vista of rolling hills under a deep blue summer sky.Scenery and views a possible future action or event that you can imagine: As leader, he opened up exciting vistas of global cooperation.Possible and probablePotentialHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of vista noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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