in view

1. Under consideration, as in Let's keep this suggestion in view while we talk about the project . [Mid-1600s]

2. As an end or goal one aims at. For example, With the coming election in view, we should present a united front on the issues . [Early 1700s] Also see in view of .

3. Also, within view . Visible, in sight, as in The end of the project is in view , or The mountains are just within view . [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

Beauty was also coyly positioned, always in view of my and my brother’s drifting curiosities, like the framed print of “Jammin’ at the Savoy” by Romare Bearden that she hung just outside the kitchen’s entrance that I loved so much, that I sometimes wanted to live inside of, debonair and irreducibly cool like Bearden’s jazz men.

From Los Angeles Times

There it is — occupying manicured lawns in View Park, lining the boulevards of Historic Filipinotown and Little Armenia.

From Los Angeles Times

It all unfolded in view of the deputies who were supposed to monitor the feed from her cell.

From Los Angeles Times

“You still get that visual cone, and you’re still going to get things that are not in view.”

From Slate

The two other men continued the pursuit to the North Village neighborhood, he said, keeping Stennett in view until police arrived to arrest him.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• clear
• conspicuous
• detectable
• discernible
• distinguishable
• evident
• noticeable
• obvious
• palpable
• striking
• unmistakable