viewing

1 of 2

noun

view·​ing ˈvyü-iŋ 

: an act of seeing, watching, or taking a look

especially : an instance or the practice of watching television

viewing

2 of 2

present participle of view entry 2

Examples of viewing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

With daylight still lingering well into the evening, the sky may not become dark enough for good aurora viewing until around midnight or later. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Things to do 🚀The Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA’s final space shuttle, will soon be available again for public viewing. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Most Popular Sung Tieu’s patina-ed marble mosaics of graffiti-ed East German housing estate walls, on show at Emalin’s new Helmet Row space, are well worth an in-person viewing. — Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

For a generation of children only faintly aware of Led Zeppelin, but intimately aware of every second of Wayne’s World thanks to countless repeat viewings, this was extraordinarily confusing. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1535, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for viewing

• brewing
• chewing
• cooing
• cueing
• dewing
• doing
• ewing
• gluing
• hewing
• mewing
• queueing
• queuing