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rearview en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪɹvjuː/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɪəvjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹiɹvjuː/ (General-American)

Etymology

From rear + view.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That provides a view from or to the rear.
    • Tesla is recalling roughly 27,000 Cybertrucks because of a rearview camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard, increasing the risk of a crash. 2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “Tesla recalls 27,000 Cybertrucks due to a rearview camera issue”, in CNN:

Deriveds

rear-view mirror · rearview mirror · rearview camera

rearview en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪɹvjuː/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɪəvjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɹiɹvjuː/ (General-American)

Etymology

From rear + view.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of rearview mirror.
    • My reflection checks me out in the rearview. I'm... kind of beau... tiful!? 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 50:
    • Bag of little yellow pills for thе nerves / But it makes it еven worse when the Xannys don't work / And he panic, ears ringing, when you call, he can't hear you / Every seven seconds, eyes back up in the rearview 2020, clipping., “Check the Lock”, in Visions of Bodies Being Burned:

Forms

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rearviews Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

rearview mirror