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bird's-eye view

The definition of a bird's-eye view is an overall view, as if the viewer were in the sky.

(noun)

An example of a bird's-eye view is the view of a plain from the top of a mountain.

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See bird's-eye view in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. a view or perspective from above or at a distance
  2. an overall, but cursory, view

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