viewing

[ vyoo-ing ]

noun

1. an act, ceremony, or occasion of seeing, watching, or inspecting:

   the viewing of a corpse.

2. an instance of watching television:

   Which channel offers the best viewing?

viewing

/ ˈvjuːɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of watching television
2. television programmes collectively

   late-night viewing

Other Words From

• multi·viewing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of viewing¹

First recorded in 1540–50; view + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

To help you celebrate the end of the football season, add any of these sophisticated Super Bowl cocktail recipes to your social distanced game day party to elevate your viewing experience.

From Essence.com

A couple of well-placed speakers can really improve your overall viewing experience, and turn the party into a winner.

From Popular-Science

Any excessive, successive viewing, however, does come with real risks.

From Popular-Science

Not only do LGBTQ characters now appear regularly across a wide variety of viewing platforms, they are a far cry from the “coded” stereotypes that occasionally flitted across our screens in the old days.

From Washington Blade

Kimeko McCoyMarketers increasingly have a lot of options to chase viewing audiences.

From Digiday

Nervous fans can keep a vigilant eye on it via a webcam hosted on the town website that offers 24-hour goat viewing.

From The Daily Beast

In 1956, Balenciaga and Givenchy banned the press from viewing their collections for a month to prevent counterfeiting.

From The Daily Beast

Netflix and Amazon, two companies responsible for much of our contemporary TV-viewing habits, have taken things to the next level.

From The Daily Beast

And new innovations continue to make wireless, on-demand viewing the new way our families consume TV.

From The Daily Beast

On the other hand, they are viewing their donors, and their future children, not as whole people but as the sum of certain parts.

From The Daily Beast

So we contented ourselves with driving the car around the noble pile and viewing the exterior from every angle.

From Project Gutenberg

As she slowly turned from side to side viewing herself intently, she liked the dress better and better.

From Project Gutenberg

A small rock-bound pond curved about the inner base of the moon-viewing hill, duplicating in its clear surface the beauties near.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, with dragging feet she went to the moon-viewing hill, remaining in the shadow of it, and pausing for long thought.

From Project Gutenberg

Altogether I made rather a wicked game of viewing the poor girl in an unsavory light.

From Project Gutenberg