point of view
point of view noun: a position from which something is seen.
Noun
point of view (plural points of view)
- A position from which something is seen.
- From the operator's point of view, there is a large blind spot on one side of the machine.
- From an economist's point of view, business is all about money.
- Synonyms:
- outlook, perspective, POV, standpoint, viewpoint
- An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.
- You just think, think / About your point of view / You don't have to get involved / No one's forcing you1977, Ashford & Simpson, “Don't Cost You Nothing”, in Send It
- Near-synonyms: slant, bias
- Synonyms:
- outlook, perspective, POV, standpoint, viewpoint, slant, bias
- The perspective from which a narrative is related.
- The storyline in the film “The Usual Suspects” is presented from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.
- Therefore, there may be no overt indication of viewpoint, either because the speaker fails to mark his or her viewpoint, or because he or she takes a neutral point of view.1999, Lise Menn, Akio Kamio, Makoto Hayashi, Ikuyo Fujita, Sumiko Sasanuma, Larry Boles, “The Role of Empathy in Sentence Production”, in Akio Kamio, Ken-ichi Takami, editors, Function and Structure...
- Synonyms:
- viewpoint, perspective
- The point-of-view character in a story.
point of view meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
point of view in Hindi
- perspective from which a narrative is related
- दृष्टिकोण dŕṣṭikoṇ
- position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint
- दृष्टिकोण dŕṣṭikoṇ, परिप्रेक्ष्य pariprekṣya
- attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs
- दृष्टिकोण dŕṣṭikoṇ, नज़र nazar
point of view in Tamil
- கருத்து நிலை, நோக்கு நிலை, நோக்குநிலை
point of view in Marathi
- attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs
- दृष्टिकोन dŕṣṭikon
point of view in Urdu
- لحاظ, نقطہ نظر
More languagesFewer languages
- point of view in Malayalam
- വീക്ഷണകോണം, വീക്ഷണകോൺ, കാഴ്ചപ്പാട്, വീക്ഷണകോടി
- point of view in Kannada
- ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನ
- point of view in Punjabi
- ਨੁਕ਼ਤਾ ਨਿਗਾਹ nuqtā nigāh, ਪਹਿਲੂ pahilū
- point of view in Sanskrit
- दृष्टि dṛṣṭi
- point of view in Tagalog
- pananaw, punto de bista
- point of view in Arabic
- وِجْهَة نَظَر wijhat naẓar, حَيْثِيَّة ḥayṯiyya
- point of view in Thai
- มุมมอง mum-mɔɔng, ทัศนคติ tát-sà-ná-ká-dtì
- point of view in Vietnamese
- góc nhìn, quan điểm
Examples of point of view in a sentence
- His point of view is that there is only one true religion.
- From another point of view, it was a place without a soul.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- It has been suggested that Prothean data recording is highly dependent on a certain point of view, what Carl Jung described as the collective unconscious.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Cipher Codex entry:
Synonyms of point of view
Forms of point of view
| plural | points of view |
|---|---|
| alternative form | point-of-view |
Origin of point of view
Calque of French point de vue.
Words formed from point of view
Questions about point of view
- What does point of view mean?
- Point of view means a position from which something is seen.
- What is point of view in Hindi?
- Point of view in Hindi is दृष्टिकोण (dŕṣṭikoṇ), परिप्रेक्ष्य (pariprekṣya), नज़र (nazar). See Point of view meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use point of view in a sentence?
- His point of view is that there is only one true religion.
- What part of speech is point of view?
- Point of view is a noun.
- What is the plural of point of view?
- The plural of point of view is points of view.
Words near point of view in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: point of view (page history and authors); point of view (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); point of view (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); point of view (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); point of view (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੁਕ਼ਤਾ ਨਿਗਾਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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