point of view

a/(one's) point of view

1. One's individual opinion about someone or something. In my point of view, we ought to be limiting our association with them until we know for sure they are completely legitimate. Well, that's just your point of view, and I happen to disagree with it.
2. A particular perspective on or way of thinking about something. So what I told you was the truth—from a certain point of view. I think we need a new point of view on this project. We're all just too stuck in our normal way of thinking about how to tackle the problem.
See also: of, point, view
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

point of view

a way of thinking about something; [someone's] viewpoint; an attitude or expression of self-interest. From my point of view, all this talk is a waste of time. lean understand her point of view. She has made some good observations about the problem.
See also: of, point, view
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

point of view

An attitude or standpoint, how one sees or thinks of something. For example, From the manufacturer's point of view, the critical issue is cost. This expression, originally alluding to one's vantage point in seeing a building or painting or other object, dates from the early 1700s.
See also: of, point, view
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • a point of view
  • a/(one's) point of view
  • be replaced by (someone or something)
  • be replaced with (someone or something)
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
  • at the end of (one's) fingertips
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • at somebody's expense
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Looking at the protagonists from each other's point of view helps us to get closer to the truth.
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Martins's ballet uses point of view to reveal a mystery: Through whose point of view are we encountering these two dancers?
Points of view. (Kickoff)
You share a common point of view, which is based mainly on ignorance.
Letters
From a rational, economic point of view, welfare reform has been an effort to provide American business with disciplined--and in most cases, desperate--workers.
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The first person point of view includes: "I said," "I saw," "I thought." In the first person, you cannot say, "I saw him go around the corner, and then he climbed over the railroad tracks" if you, the "I" narrator, are not on the scene.
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As a result, and at Peter's suggestion, we are changing the normal rules of this section and providing a pair of reviews of both Systems Thinking, Systems Practice and Soft Systems Methodology in Action -- one from an academic point of view and one from a practitioner point of view.
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This paper focuses on some main distinctions that are necessary to analyze mathematical knowledge from a learning point of view and explain how many students come up against difficulties at each level of the curriculum.
Representation, Vision and Visualization: Cognitive Functions in Mathematical Thinking. Basic Issues for Learning
When have conservatives ever been thoughtful or accepting of the liberal point of view?
Letters
How does either of us go about getting our point of view adopted as a policy?
Policy formation
Each of these types of text anchors a different mode of using primary sources: analyzing data to find out how an institution works, reading closely for context and meaning, and finding evidence for an author's point of view. A mix of whole-group and small-group strategies is suggested, and sample questions are supplied for teachers and students.
Digitized primary source documents from the Library of Congress in history and social studies curriculum
It's also a significant step from a chemical point of view, he adds.
Chemicals get tied up in complex knots