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noun ADJ. alternative, different He listened patiently to what we all had to say before putting across an alternative point of view. | aesthetic, business, commercial, economic, environmental, financial, legal, management, medical, personal, practical, psychological, safety, security, technical, theoretical, etc. VERB + POINT OF VIEW have | take He always seems to take the opposite point of view to me. | express, get across/over, present, put (across/forward/over) A union representative was present to put the farmers' point of view. | see (sth from), understand I can see your point of view, but I think we have to consider the long-term implications. Try to see the situation from my point of view. | agree with, share | come round to If we can talk to her for an hour I'm sure she'll come round to our point of view. | reflect I do not think the article reflects the point of view of the majority of the population. PREP. from a/sb's ~ From a purely personal point of view, I'd like to see cars banned from the city centre. | from the ~ of The book tells the story of a murder investigation from the point of view of the chief suspect. From the point of view of safety, a lower speed limit would certainly be a good thing. | ~ on I don't have a point of view on this issue.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): 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. • I can understand her point of view. She has made some good observations about the problem.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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.
American Heritage Idioms
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from a practical point of view
• Saving energy in your home is fairly easy from a practical point of view.
from an economic/financial/business point of view
• From a financial point of view, the concert was a disaster.
from a scientific/technical point of view
• This book was the first to study language from a scientific point of view.
from a legal point of view
• It's a fascinating case, from a legal point of view.
from a political point of view
• From the political point of view, it was important that the country showed it was adhering to the treaty.
from a security point of view
• The system is seriously flawed from a security point of view.
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