VISTA

[noun] [C] - a view, esp. a splendid view from a high positionAfter a hard climb, we were rewarded by a picture-postcard vista of rolling hills under a deep blue summer sky.Wherever you stand in the 100-hectare grounds of Versailles, you get a breathtaking vista.(figurative) As leader, he opened up exciting vistas of (= new possibilities for) global co-operation.(figurative) In an already troubled region, fresh conflict like this raises frightening vistas.