VISTA
What does "VISTA" mean?
A pleasing or expansive view, especially one seen through an opening or down an avenue.
Meanings
- A wide and often beautiful view, especially of a landscape. From the ridge a vista of green valleys opened before us.
- A mental view or range of future possibilities. The discovery opened new vistas for cancer research. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Vista' came to English from Italian for 'a view', and in formal Italian garden design it named the long, deliberately framed sightlines that draw the eye to a distant focal point.
Word origin
From Italian 'vista' (sight, view), the feminine past participle of 'vedere' (to see), from Latin 'videre' (to see).
Remember it
VISTA = VIew + STAnding; stand still and the wide view stays with you.
A little poem
The trail bends, then gives-
a vista the legs earned but
the eyes spend alone.
haiku
Wordplay
- I climbed for an hour for the vista, then spent it all looking at my phone. The view, it turns out, was the one thing not buffering.
What it teaches
A vista is reward for the climb, but only the unhurried eye actually collects it.
Quick facts
What does VISTA mean?
A pleasing or expansive view, especially one seen through an opening or down an avenue.
Is VISTA a valid word?
Yes — VISTA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VISTA?
VISTA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VISTA come from?
From Italian 'vista' (sight, view), the feminine past participle of 'vedere' (to see), from Latin 'videre' (to see).
What can VISTA teach us?
A vista is reward for the climb, but only the unhurried eye actually collects it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.