About The Word Vista
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Vista
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What's The Definition Of Vista?
[n] the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vista: aspect | panorama | prospect | scene | view Related Terms | Find terms related to Vista: See Also | background | coast | exposure | foreground | glimpse | ground | middle distance | side view | tableau | visual image | visual percept Vista In Webster's Dictionary \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. {Vistas}. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere,
p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See
{View}, {Vision}.]
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening
objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or
the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the
avenue.
The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and
its alleys green. --Thomson.
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every
vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke.
The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his
window. --Sir W.
Scott.
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