"bird's-eye view" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-bird's-eye view.ogg [Australia] Forms: bird's-eye views [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bird's-eye view (plural bird's-eye views)
  1. (idiomatic) The view from directly or high above. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: worm's-eye view, frog's-eye view, top-down Translations (view from directly or high above): 鳥瞰 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸟瞰 (niǎokàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ptačí perspektiva [feminine] (Czech), fugleperspektiv [neuter] (Danish), vogelperspectief [neuter] (Dutch), linnulennuline ülevaade (Estonian), lintuperspektiivi (Finnish), plongée [feminine] (French), vue plongeante [feminine] (French), vue aérienne [feminine] (French), Vogelperspektive [feminine] (German), υπερευρυγώνια όραση (yperevrygónia órasi) [feminine] (Greek), πανοραμική άποψη (panoramikí ápopsi) [feminine] (Greek), εναέρια άποψη (enaéria ápopsi) [feminine] (Greek), વિહંગાવલોકન (vihaṅgāvlokan) (Gujarati), ઊડતી નજર (ūḍatī najar) (Gujarati), madártávlat (Hungarian), vista a volo d'uccello [feminine] (Italian), prospettiva a volo d'uccello [feminine] (Italian), 조감 (jogam) (alt: 鳥瞰) (Korean), fugleperspektiv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fugleperspektiv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), z lotu ptaka (Polish), ptičja perspektiva [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vista aérea [feminine] (Spanish), vista elevada [feminine] (Spanish), vista de pájaro [feminine] (Spanish), విహంగ వీక్షణ (vihaṅga vīkṣaṇa) (Telugu), kuş bakışı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bird's-eye_view-en-noun-ZZTanNkx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'view from directly or high above': 99 1
  2. (by extension) A general overview or summary of a topic. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-bird's-eye_view-en-noun-kd5bdxmo

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  "word": "bird's-eye view"
}

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