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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of...

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2 : an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events)
[M-W's Col. Dic.]

What does the above definition mean?
  

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A memory or imaginative view/image over a long period of time or events . Does that help?

— Mister Micawber

  • A memory or imaginative view/image over a long period of time or events .
  • Does that help?
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A memory or imaginative view/image over a long period of time or events.

Does that help?
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Mister MicawberA memory or imaginative view/image over a long period of time or events.

Does that help?

Couldn't it be:
A memory or imaginative view/image of a long period of time or events?
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It could be, but that is not the word I used. Please allow me to choose my own vocabulary.
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Mister MicawberIt could be, but that is not the word I used. Please allow me to choose my own vocabulary.
Hi Mr Micawber,

I didn't ask you to not using your own vocabulary. It is just that using of instead of over makes things easier for me to understand in that definition. Thanks for the help.
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