POINT OF VIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does point of view mean? 

• POINT OF VIEW (noun)
  The noun POINT OF VIEW has 2 senses:

1. a mental position from which things are viewed

2. the spatial property of the position from which something is observed

  Familiarity information: POINT OF VIEW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POINT OF VIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental position from which things are viewed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

point of view; stand; standpoint; viewpoint

Context example:

teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events

Hypernyms ("point of view" is a kind of...):

position; posture; stance (a rationalized mental attitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "point of view"):

cityscape (a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area)

landscape (an extensive mental viewpoint)

angle; slant (a biased way of looking at or presenting something)

complexion (a point of view or general attitude or inclination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The spatial property of the position from which something is observed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("point of view" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "point of view"):

camera angle (the point of view of a camera)

 Context examples 

That is certainly a possible point of view.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Your point of view,” she laughed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Ruth's point of view was that he was doing no more than was right.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“This is why, from a public health point of view, we consider water quantity just as important as water quality”.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

No, sir, I shall approach this case from the point of view that what this young man says is true, and we shall see whither that hypothesis will lead us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Elizabeth's mind was too full for conversation, but she saw and admired every remarkable spot and point of view.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This month, allow your partner or collaborator to make suggestions and consider his or her point of view.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If they do not themselves find it out, I see no reason why I should prompt them to take a broader point of view.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Really—really—as Mr. Chillip told my mother, he was almost shocked; speaking in a professional point of view alone, he was almost shocked.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The textual representation of the activity on a blinded participant or study subject (from the point of view of the study investigator).

(Blinded Description, NCI Thesaurus)