POV

American  

[pee-oh-vee] / ˈpiˈoʊˈvi /

noun

1. a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint.

   From a publicity POV, this tour could be a big success, even if it doesn't make much money.

2. an opinion, attitude, or judgment.

   Her POV on the new location is that it's going to bring more business in.

3. the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters.

   It starts from the POV of a woman in a village where a knight visits.

4. a method of shooting a scene or film that expresses the attitude of the director or writer toward the material or of a character in a scene.

   It's shot in a POV that gives the viewer a feeling of intimacy with the performer.

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Etymology

Origin of POV

First recorded in 1965–70; by abbreviation from point of view ( def. )

Example Sentences

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POV

McNeal, who’s on the Yard with me today, had a limited POV of his own climb: “I ran up. I was on the base. I was there for all hour-and-forty-four minutes that we were there.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

And Fabian Gamper’s spectral cinematography sometimes incorporates POV shots that produce the sensation that we, the viewer, are physically touring these long-abandoned rooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

In addition, since most of the movie is told from Indy’s POV, the film keeps human dialogue to a minimum.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

Dan and Hogne are the creators behind two of the accounts - POV Lab and Time Traveller POV.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025

Then I made a short vidcap recording of my avatar reading it aloud and set it to run on a continuous loop on my POV channel.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline