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point of view

–noun

1.	a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.

2.	an opinion, attitude, or judgment: He refuses to change his point of view in the matter.

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.

[Origin: 1720–30

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point of view
n. pl. points of view

A manner of viewing things; an attitude.
1. A position from which something is observed or considered; a standpoint.
2. The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature, a movie, or another art form.

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point of view
noun
1.	a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
2.	the spatial property of the position from which something is observed

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point of view

a way or manner of looking at a subject, matter etc
Example: You must consider everyone's point of view before deciding.

Arabic:	وُجْهَة نَظَر
Chinese (Simplified):	观点
Chinese (Traditional):	觀點
Czech:	hledisko
Danish:	synspunkt
Dutch:	gezichtspunt
Estonian:	vaatepunkt
Finnish:	näkökanta
French:	point de vue
German:	der Standpunkt
Greek:	άποψη
Hungarian:	szempont
Icelandic:	sjónarhorn
Indonesian:	segi pandangan
Italian:	punto di vista*

Japanese:	見地
Latvian:	viedoklis; uzskats
Lithuanian:	nuomonė, požiūris
Norwegian:	syn(spunkt)
Polish:	punkt widzenia
Portuguese (Brazil):	ponto de vista
Portuguese (Portugal):	ponto de vista
Romanian:	punct de vedere
Russian:	точка зрения
Slovak:	hľadisko
Slovenian:	vidik
Spanish:	punto de vista
Swedish:	synpunkt, synvinkel, ståndpunkt
Turkish:	görüş, *bakış açısı