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From rear + view.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪəvjuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪɹvjuː/, /ˈɹiɹvjuː/

rearview (not comparable)

1. That provides a view from or to the rear.
   • 2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “Tesla recalls 27,000 Cybertrucks due to a rearview camera issue”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 May 2025:

     Tesla is recalling roughly 27,000 Cybertrucks because of a rearview camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard, increasing the risk of a crash.

rearview (plural rearviews)

1. Synonym of rearview mirror.
   • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 50:

     My reflection checks me out in the rearview. I'm... kind of beau... tiful!?

   • 2020, clipping., “Check the Lock”, in Visions of Bodies Being Burned‎^[2]:

     Bag of little yellow pills for thе nerves / But it makes it еven worse when the Xannys don't work / And he panic, ears ringing, when you call, he can't hear you / Every seven seconds, eyes back up in the rearview

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