viewed

Viewed is the past participle of the verb view, and it functions both as a verb form in English and as an adjective in certain contexts. As a verb, it appears in perfect and passive constructions, for example: "The poster was viewed by thousands." As an adjective, viewed can describe something that has been seen or examined, as in "viewed documents" or "viewed content," though in many contexts the noun phrase "the content that has been viewed" is more typical.

Etymology: The verb view comes from Old French veue (view) and from Latin videre, meaning "to see." The past participle formed in English as viewed, with the regular -ed ending, and has been in standard use since Early Modern English.

Modern usage: In contemporary English, viewed is commonly used in both literary and everyday language to indicate that observing has occurred. In digital media and web analytics, "viewed" and related phrases (for example, "viewed pages," "videos viewed") are used to report how many times content has been opened or watched. In journalism or description, "as viewed" can denote how something appeared when seen by a person, as in observational reports. In user interfaces, the term often appears as a label or metric indicating that a digital asset has been opened or consumed.

See also: view, viewer, viewing, viewership, view count.