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vista definition

vista (vis′tə)

noun

  1. a view or outlook, esp. one seen through a long passage, as between rows of houses or trees
  2. a comprehensive mental view of a series of remembered or anticipated events

Etymology: It, sight < pp. of vedere, to see < L videre: see vision

VISTA definition

☆ VISTA (vis′tə)

noun

a U.S. government program established in 1964 to provide volunteers to work at improving the living conditions of persons in impoverished areas of the U.S., its possessions, and Puerto Rico

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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