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Definition of "standpoint" []

  • A position from which things are considered or judged; a point of view. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "standpoint" in a sentence
  • "And I wouldn't suggest that anything we're putting into our backlog today is much difference from a term standpoint of what we've historically seen."
  • ""There was nothing similar from a new title standpoint to drive growth over those numbers," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America."
  • "From a short term standpoint investors should have taken some profits from Bank of America and Citigroup today as the stocks will only continue the rally on terrific news from Bernanke."