vantage point
Noun
Meaning
A place or position affording a good view.
The hill provided the troops an excellent vantage point to scout for the enemy.
A point of view; perspective; outlook; standpoint.
It may be difficult for us to understand the motivations of these people from our 21st century vantage point.
(photography) A camera angle.
vantage-point (plural vantage-points)
Alternative spelling of vantage point
Alternative names
vantage-point
Synonyms
Examples
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.
This book is past the first flush of youth. It is a book that is in puberty. It is hesitating, and from the vantage point of the mature reader, it is both a sad and amusing reminder of the part which is not always attractive enough to be revisited.
Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.
For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.