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

Cinematographer Brendan Galvin and editors David Rosenbloom and Joe Rosenbloom take us inside the bodyguard’s POV as he notes each pen click, pocket grasp and suspicious glance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The tagline that accompanies the scene reads: "POV you're a childfree and single girl that has no friends and lives alone so this is how you spend your Friday night."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

When he’s up, we soar from girder to girder in a tight POV that allows us to barely make out the tips of his boots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

I thought for a moment, then accessed my POV channel’s control menu.

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