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bird's-eye view en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The view from directly or high above.
   • Looking down from the seventh floor balcony gave them a bird's-eye view of the street below.
   • “What makes you think there is a mouse in this room?” “The evidence points that way.” [...] “And why were you standing on a chair?” “Sort of just trying to get a bird's-eye view, as it were.” “Do you often go looking for mice in other people's rooms?” 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
2. (broadly, idiomatic) A general overview or summary of a topic.

Forms

Coordinates

worm's-eye view · frog's-eye view

Relateds

top-down

Translations (31)

gu ઊડતી નજર (view from directly or high above) · it vista a volo d'uccello (view from directly or high above) · el πανοραμική άποψη (view from directly or high above) · pl widok z lotu ptaka (view from directly or high above) · nl vogelperspectief (view from directly or high above) · el εναέρια άποψη (view from directly or high above) · nb fugleperspektiv (view from directly or high above) · hu madártávlat (view from directly or high above) · et linnulennuline ülevaade (view from directly or high above) · tr kuş bakışı (view from directly or high above) · fr plongée (view from directly or high above) · fr vue aérienne (view from directly or high above) · it prospettiva a volo d'uccello (view from directly or high above) · gu વિહંગાવલોકન (view from directly or high above) · ko 조감 (view from directly or high above) · sh ptičja perspektiva (view from directly or high above) · cs ptačí perspektiva (view from directly or high above) · fi lintuperspektiivi (view from directly or high above) · fr vue plongeante (view from directly or high above) · cmn 鳥瞰 /鸟瞰 (view from directly or high above) · ar مَنْظُور عَيْن الْطَائِر (view from directly or high above) · te విహంగవీక్షణము (view from directly or high above) · es vista aérea (view from directly or high above) · ja 鳥瞰 (view from directly or high above) · da fugleperspektiv (view from directly or high above) · de Vogelperspektive (view from directly or high above) · es vista elevada (view from directly or high above) · es vista de pájaro (view from directly or high above) · el υπερευρυγώνια όραση (view from directly or high above) · nn fugleperspektiv (view from directly or high above) · sv fågelperspektiv (view from directly or high above)