viewer
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English
Etymology
From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
viewer (plural viewers)
- Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
- 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:
- This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.
- 2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN:
- It’s clear why enterprising people make the videos, but what compels so many viewers to watch an amateur video of some stranger they don’t know opening a box? What would compel a viewer to subscribe to the all-coffee channel and binge-watch a guy unpacking coffee makers?
- Someone who watches television.
- Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
- (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
- (mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.
Derived terms
Translations
someone who views a spectacle
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someone who watches television
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optical device
program
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Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
viewer
- alternative form of vewer
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English viewer.
Pronunciation
Noun
viewer m or f by sense (plural viewers)
- (Internet slang, social media) viewer; spectator
- Synonym: espectador
- 2017 April 12, Priscila Ganiko, “Partida entre RED Canids e paiN Gaming é quinta mais vista de março na Twitch”, in Jovem Nerd, Brazil, archived from the original on 13 June 2025:
- O site leva em conta o número de espectadores na Twitch.tv e, na lista em que o Brasil aparece, não foram contabilizados os viewers chineses.
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- 2018 April 21, Helder Archer, “Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii – Ep2: “De otaku para otaku””, in OtakuPT, Lousada, archived from the original on 24 April 2018:
- Este episódio completo pareceu-se uma conversa que de um otaku para outro, como se a direcção do anime quisesse comunicar directamente com os viewers dizendo “isto é que os otakus fazem” ou “de certeza que vocês também fazem isto”.
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- 2018 June 20, Joana Almeida Silva, quoting Ricardo “Zorlakoka” Sousa, “Streamers, os novos heróis online”, in Notícias Magazine, Lisbon: Global Notícias, archived from the original on 20 June 2018:
- “ Eu sou um streamer grande em Portugal. Tenho 1500 viewers às 23.30. Um streamer internacional grande tem 10 mil e um gigante lá fora tem 110 mil.”
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- 2019 June 7, “Acusadora de Neymar protagonizou clipe com ex-marido em quem deu facada; veja vídeo!”, in O Dia, Rio de Janeiro: iG, archived from the original on 26 June 2019:
- Após a repercussão do caso com o camisa 10 da Seleção, o clipe da canção ultrapassou a marca de um milhão de visualizações no Youtube. Diversos comentários surgiram, dando a entender que o cantor deveria agradecer a modelo por ter aumentado seu número de viewers.
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