POV

[ pee-oh-vee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:
From a publicity POV, this tour could be a big success, even if it doesn't make much money.
an opinion, attitude, or judgment:
Her POV on the new location is that it's going to bring more business in.
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:
It starts from the POV of a woman in a village where a knight visits.
a method of shooting a scene or film that expresses the attitude of the director or writer toward the material or of a character in a scene:
It's shot in a POV that gives the viewer a feeling of intimacy with the performer.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of POV¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by abbreviation from point of view ( def )

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Example Sentences

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One widely-shared POV — internet lingo for “point of view” — video on TikTok shows a grumpy toddler striding officiously through an empty office.

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The caption: “POV: Me on my way to HR yet again for nicknaming my co-worker ‘Tariff’ for costing the company more than they’re worth.”

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“POV: you’re listening to an indie bachata by a British Latina,” read the caption of her video.

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Dan and Hogne are the creators behind two of the accounts - POV Lab and Time Traveller POV.

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Also, this scene creates a very experimental relationship to the filmmaking with the POV relationship, where you literally wake up in someone else’s body as if you are experiencing yourself the discovery of, “OK, I’m not in my body anymore. I see the other body on the floor. �� am I going to discover?”

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