panorama

Pronunciation: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the visual percept of a region
  2. noun a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

In classic literature

Synonyms

view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
visual percept
Narrower (hyponyms)
tableau, foreground, background, side view, exposure, glimpse

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