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Monday, September 1, 2008

Another way to think

Hyponyms of noun vista ( From )

http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=vista

Sense 1

view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama -- (the visual percept of a region; ``the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views'' )


* background, ground -- (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; ``he posed her against a background of rolling hills'' )

* coast -- (the area within view; ``the coast is clear'' )

* exposure -- (aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces; ``the studio had a northern exposure'' )

* foreground -- (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)

* glimpse -- (a brief or incomplete view; ``from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake'' )

* middle distance -- (the part of a scene between the foreground and the background)

* side view -- (a view from the side of something)

* tableau -- (any dramatic scene)

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