Definition of VISTA

vista

Plural: vistas

Noun

  • A pleasing distant view, especially one seen through an opening.
  • the visual percept of a region
  • A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
  • A site offering such a view.
  • A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

Verb

  • To make a vista or landscape of.

Examples

  • a vista of pleasure to come
  • dim vistas of the past
  • From her strategic position, she had a clear vista of potential triple-word scores.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.

Scrabble Score: 8

vista: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vista: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vista: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

vista: valid Words With Friends Word