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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
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Synonyms and related words:
- -scape suffix
- a bird's eye view idiom
- aspect noun (DIRECTION)
- backdrop noun
- background noun (PICTURE)
- command verb (VIEW)
- have a grandstand view idiom
- look verb (DIRECTION)
- lookout noun
- outlook noun (VIEW)
- overlook noun
- overlook verb (VIEW)
- panorama noun
- prospect noun (VIEW)
- scene noun (VIEW)
- scenic adjective
- the middle distance noun
- vantage point noun (PLACE)
- view noun (SIGHT)
- viewpoint noun (SIGHT)
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