viewing

noun

view·​ing ˈvyü-iŋ 

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

especially : an instance or the practice of watching television

Examples of viewing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All that viewing has translated into ad dollars for parent company Google. —Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025

Drama viewing on broadcast rose by 15 percent from December as a number of shows returned with new episodes, while news viewing grew 18 percent, led by the presidential inauguration. —Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025

Looks can be deceiving at home viewings—for example, that bathtub in the primary bathroom that sealed the deal for you might have broken plumbing and rusting drains. —Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025

Over July 2023-June 2024, Netflix users watched 3.28 billion hours of titles from Spain, just beaten by Korea (8.19 billion), but the second-best performance of any country outside the U.S., doubling French-language viewing, according to Omdia. —John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for viewing

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