viewing — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An instance of viewing something.

   Examples

   The agent took them to the property for a viewing.

   I hated the film at first, but with subsequent viewings it has grown on me.

   More examples (1)

   A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]

2. A wake.

Adjective

1. Related to or for viewing.

Noun

1. the display of a motion picture

   Synonyms

   screeningshowing

   Broader terms

   display

2. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

   Synonyms

   wake

   Broader terms

   vigilwatch

   Examples

   there's no weeping at an Irish wake