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 →

2) A high place from which you can see a wide view, often with a sign or bench. tree →

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 →
• From my viewpoint, homework should be shorter. tree →
• We stopped at a viewpoint to look at the lake. tree →
• It helps to listen to other viewpoints. tree →
• The viewpoint at the top of the hill has a telescope. tree →
• The two newspapers gave different viewpoints on the story. tree →

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.
• Example: a family in Colorado reaches a viewpoint with a fence.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «viewpoint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.