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viewer Definition

viewer (-ər)

noun

  1. a person who views a scene, exhibit, film, TV show, etc.; spectator
  2. an optical device for individual viewing of slides, filmstrips, etc.

viewer Synonyms

viewer

n.

spectator, watcher, onlooker; see observer 1.

viewer Usage Examples

Possessives

  • competiton: Footer disclaimer, counter etc Vote for Neon at the viewer's choice competiton at the last ever Judgment Awards!

Converse of object

  • invite: Many of the works in ' Again for Tomorrow ' invite the viewer into a process of active reflection.
  • remind: These in some way block belief in the picture behind, reminding the viewer that what they see is never what they ultimately get.
  • distract: Use of imported News Feeds ( these can be slow and can also distract the viewer ).
  • immerse: This asphyxiating tension manages to immerse the viewer into the story totally.
  • engage: Sue Milburn's work engaged the viewer with uncluttered abstracted horizons, drawing them into the paintings.
  • entice: The sculptures are designed to be vehicles for the minds eye, enticing the viewer to 'play out' the events of a 'true' story.

Adjective modifier

  • casual: A casual re viewer of the work would think that navigation tools were the hypertext program.
  • avid: I became an avid viewer with the Peter Davison stories.
  • graphics-capable: With graphics-capable viewers that have image-loading turned on, you see the up arrow graphic.
  • 3d: An optional add-on 3D molecule viewer is available for Windows users - see below.
  • unsuspecting: Therfore unsuspecting viewers who might be offended could not posibly be offended by what they cannot get without taking deliberate action to get.
  • built-in: Once you have defined the input areas, you can launch the form in the built-in viewer, fill it and print.

Modifies a noun

  • plug-in: These environments can be delivered over the Web, provided the browser has a free VRML viewer plug-in, such as Cortona, installed.

Noun used with modifier

  • PDF: To view the letter you require a PDF viewer.
  • PowerPoint: A free PowerPoint viewer program has been included in case you do not have access to suitable software to view it.
  • applet: An instance of this class is created every time a Java program is run or an applet viewer is started.
  • microcosm: The alternative is developing a Microcosm viewer for that media type.
  • television: First of all, I am not at all sure we television viewers got the full story of the race.
  • TV: The online viewer is not the same as the TV viewer.
viewer Quotes

The modern reader (or viewer, or listener: let's include everybody) is perilously overloaded. His attention is, to use the latest lingo,'targeted' by powerful forces† Our consciousness is a staging area, a field of operations for all kinds of enterprises, which make free use of it.

—Bellow, Saul

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