point of view

noun phrase

: a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated : standpoint

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Successful stream snipers often share videos from their point of view, with clips of them targeting content creators often garnering millions of views on YouTube and elsewhere. Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 Araújo: Our obsession when writing is to write from the point of view of the characters. John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 We viewers are primarily situated within the point of view of the officers, the schoolteachers, the therapist, the father. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 Focusing on Jewish and Palestinian self-determination, respectively, each movie tells a vigorous story of disenfranchisement rooted at once in fact and a particular point of view. October 8 also comes as the headlines continue to be racked with news of the war in Gaza and reaction to it in the U.S. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for point of view

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of point of view was in 1793

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“Point of view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20of%20view. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

point of view

: a way of looking at or thinking about something : standpoint
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