vantage point

American  

noun

1. a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint.

   to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.

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vantage point British  

noun

1. a position or place that allows one a wide or favourable overall view of a scene or situation

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Etymology

Origin of vantage point

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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vantage point

From Paramount’s vantage point, this coverage was all to the good, as my colleague Meg James reported, because it all tended to favor the deal and sound a caution about a non-deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Sazan appealed to the infamously paranoid Hoxha as a vantage point from which he and his associates could look out for any invaders who might come sailing over the Mediterranean to interrupt his rule.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Instead, the documentary homes in on John Paul’s unsavory behavior, approaching the story from Mica’s vantage point.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The mission begins with a 100-day journey to a vantage point roughly one million miles from Earth, where the telescope will then start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Ears popped, eyes bulged,” Shorty Hunt wrote home breathlessly that night. joe had never flown in an airplane, never seen a city from any higher vantage point than that afforded by his own six-foot-three frame.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Related Words

• angle
• perspective
• point of view
• slant
• viewpoint