Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The point at which one stands; especially, the position from which one's observations are taken and one's opinions formed or delivered; the point of view; the mental situation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Point of view; perspective

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a mental position from which things are viewed

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Translation of German Standpunkt.]

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stand +‎ point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (たちば, tachiba) meaning standing place.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Videogames Sales Tumble in April

  • 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.

  • "From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets."

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  • A: From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets.

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  • A: From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets.

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  • A: From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets.

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  • "From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets."

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  • "From a medium-term standpoint, that is about twelve-eighteen months, I am still positive on the markets."

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  • Another good book from a possible gaming standpoint is “House to House: An Epic Memoir of War” by SSG David Bellavia, about the nasty urban combat he was part of during the battle of Fallujah in 2004.

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