[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/viewpoint.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / viewpoint

[← V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/V/)

# viewpoint

«viewpoint» in Mova's school dictionary: **A way of thinking about something; an opinion or point of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a viewpoint, viewpoints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A way of thinking about something; an opinion or point of view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#m1)

2) A high place from which you can see a wide view, often with a sign or bench. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and history lessons: write a story from a different viewpoint, or compare viewpoints in an argument. On walks and road trips: stop at a viewpoint to look at the scenery. Phrases: «from my viewpoint», «a different viewpoint».

### examples

- Write the fairy tale from the wolf's viewpoint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x1)
- From my viewpoint, homework should be shorter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x2)
- We stopped at a viewpoint to look at the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x3)
- It helps to listen to other viewpoints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x4)
- The viewpoint at the top of the hill has a telescope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x5)
- The two newspapers gave different viewpoints on the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/#x6)

### note

Countable. Same as «point of view» in the first sense. In stories, first person («I») and third person («she») are different viewpoints.

### In the corpora

- [A story told by a dog is not dumb: it shows the world from a new viewpoint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/11/)
- [Example: a family in Colorado reaches a viewpoint with a fence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «viewpoint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.