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views updated May 29 2018vis·ta / ˈvistə/ • n. a pleasing view, esp. one seen through a long, narrow opening: a vista of church spires. ∎ a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events: vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him.
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views updated May 29 2018Vis·ta / ˈvistə/ a city in southwestern California, north of San Diego; pop. 71,872.
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views updated May 14 2018VISTA / ˈvistə/ • abbr. Volunteers in Service to America.
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views updated Jun 27 2018vista view, prospect; opening in a wood, etc. affording a view; fig. XVII. — It.
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views updated May 21 2018VISTA (ˈɪstə) Volunteers in Service to America
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH
