point of view

American  

[point uhv vyoo] / ˈpɔɪnt əv ˈvyu /

noun

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

   from the point of view of a doctor.

2. an opinion, attitude, or judgment: POV

   He refuses to change his point of view in the matter.

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. POV

4. Movies. 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. POV

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point of view British  

noun

1. a position from which someone or something is observed

2. a mental viewpoint or attitude

3. the mental position from which a story is observed or narrated

   the omniscient point of view

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point of view Idioms  

1. An attitude or standpoint, how one sees or thinks of something. For example, From the manufacturer's point of view, the critical issue is cost. This expression, originally alluding to one's vantage point in seeing a building or painting or other object, dates from the early 1700s.

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Etymology

Origin of point of view

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

“My point of view is that we are sticking to the humanoid form too much,” said Max Goncharov, the chief technology officer at RemBrain.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’re talking specifically about subjective experience: Are these systems limited to mechanical information processing, or do they have an internal point of view, something it’s “like” to be them?

From The Wall Street Journal

Gift giving is inefficient from an economic point of view.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through the animal’s point of view, De Los Santos Arias considers the enduring grip of colonialism and the consequences of human irrationality.

From Los Angeles Times

The scene turns surreal with camera distortion and zoom shots to convey his hallucinatory point of view.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• angle
• attitude
• opinion
• orientation
• outlook
• perspective
• position
• standpoint