vista

[ vis-tuh ]
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noun
  1. a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.

  2. such an avenue or passage, especially when formally planned.

  1. a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future.

Origin of vista

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Italian: “a view,” noun use of feminine of visto (past participle of vedere “to see,” from Latin vidēre)

synonym study For vista

1. See view.

Other words for vista

Other words from vista

  • vis·ta·less, adjective

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Other definitions for Vista (2 of 3)

Vista
[ vis-tuh ]

noun
  1. a town in SW California.

Other definitions for VISTA (3 of 3)

VISTA
[ vis-tuh ]

noun
  1. a national program in the U.S., sponsored by ACTION, for sending volunteers into poor areas to teach various job skills.

Origin of VISTA

3
V(olunteers)i(n)S(ervice)t(o)A(merica)

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British Dictionary definitions for vista (1 of 2)

vista

/ (ˈvɪstə) /


noun
  1. a view, esp through a long narrow avenue of trees, buildings, etc, or such a passage or avenue itself; prospect: a vista of arches

  2. a comprehensive mental view of a distant time or a lengthy series of events: the vista of the future

Origin of vista

1
C17: from Italian: a view, from vedere to see, from Latin vidēre

Derived forms of vista

  • vistaed, adjective
  • vistaless, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for VISTA (2 of 2)

VISTA

/ (ˈvɪstə) /


n acronym for(in the US)
  1. Volunteers in Service to America; an organization of volunteers established by the Federal government to assist the poor

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