take a view
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To form an opinion and take action on an issue which carries the risk of professional or legal liability; particularly where there is no obvious course of action.
British usage; Intransitive verb
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take.
Example Sentences
- "Collate together all the information you can, but do remember that Michael's the one who'll take a view, not you."
- "If the insurer refuses to cover the defect in the policy, the client is just going to have to take a view."
- "But how can a client assess whether sufficient resources have been allocated to the project? This is obviously subjective but, nevertheless, clients have to 'take a view', if they are to comply with their statutory obligations."
- "Law Officers have taken a view on the line which the UK should take in future on proposals which the UK supports for policy reasons, even though we consider they use the wrong legal base. The Department of Health will follow this agreed line for this proposal."
Usage
- British usage
- Intransitive verb