viewer
Americannoun
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viewers
plural
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a person or thing that views.
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a person who watches television, often a devotee of television or of a particular kind of television program.
a weekly show aimed at teenage viewers.
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any of various optical devices to facilitate viewing, especially one that is small and boxlike with a magnifying lens, and sometimes a light source, in which a photographic transparency may be viewed.
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an eyepiece or viewfinder.
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an official inspector of property, public works, or the like.
noun
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a person who views something, esp television
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any optical device by means of which something is viewed, esp one used for viewing photographic transparencies
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law a person appointed by a court to inspect and report upon property, etc
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Origin of viewer
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at view, -er 1
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Example Sentences
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Alternatives to the sought-after glasses include a colander or home-made pinhole viewer.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Then they start removing each item from a mountain of packaging, holding each one close to the camera to give the viewer a good look.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Pleasure is never quite sufficient justification for cooking something yourself; the viewer must also understand that the old version was artificial, addictive or imposed upon them by a corrupt system.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jeffrey C. Illes, a Chicago-area viewer who identified himself as a Republican, wrote in support of Disney’s WSL-TV station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Foaly opened a viewer window on the screen.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Other things in your kitchen can also make good eclipse viewers.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Most viewers who gravitate to this “Hollywood Crime Story” installment will know something of American film history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The Mad King” is staged in the round and brings viewers into the throne room at King’s Landing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The majority of internet search traffic to listings of Peabody homes came from nearby Boston, the company added, with seven in 10 viewers located in Boston.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Most of Parzival-TV’s regular viewers were gunters who monitored my vidfeed with the hope that I’d inadvertently reveal some key piece of information about the Jade Key or the egg itself.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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