viewer

noun

view·​er ˈvyü-ər How to pronounce viewer (audio)
: one that views: such as
a
: a person who watches television
b
: a person legally appointed to inspect and report on property
c
: an optical device used in viewing

Examples of viewer in a Sentence

The program attracts millions of viewers every week. She is a regular viewer of the evening news. The exhibit was surrounded by a large crowd of viewers.
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As title cards inform viewers at the start of the film, Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit once held hundreds of inmates for more than a decade. Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025 The growth was driven by a strong holiday quarter for retail, AI products at AWS, and string performance at Prime Video, where Thursday Night Football averaged 13.7 million viewers. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025 More than 3,000 fans attended the pre-dawn broadcast of ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ from Memorial Glade on Oct. 5, before the Miami game, and the show drew an average of 2 million TV viewers, with a peak audience of 2.5 million. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 In both markets, the movie drew the biggest number of viewers of any title on Tubi in its first seven days and also brought in the most new viewers for a title to date. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for viewer 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of viewer was in the 15th century

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“Viewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewer. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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viewer

noun
view·​er ˈvyü-ər How to pronounce viewer (audio)
: one that views
especially : an optical device used in viewing
a viewer for slides

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