English Explanatory Dictionary

aspect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
  2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
  3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
  4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
  5. One's appearance or expression.
  6. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
  7. Prospect; outlook.
  8. A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
  9. The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
  10. The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
  11. The act of looking at something; gaze.
  12. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
verb
  1. To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
  2. To channel a divine being.
  3. To look at.

Pronunciation

/ˈæspɛkt/ en-us-aspect.ogg

Word forms

aspect aspects aspecting aspected

Etymology

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

Synonyms

component facet feature hue respect appearance look blee

Related words

aspectuality Aktionsart

Derived words

aspectism aspective aspectless aspect particle aspect ratio aspect-related aspectual continuous aspect habitual aspect in full aspect in trian aspect modified aspect ratio multi-aspect multiaspect multiple-aspect original aspect ratio signal aspect subaspect

Translations

Albanian: aspekt Aromanian: vidzutã Aromanian: videalã Belarusian: вы́гляд Belarusian: від Bulgarian: вид Bulgarian: перспекти́ва Chinese Mandarin: 體 /体 Czech: stránka Danish: aspekt Dutch: uiterlijk Dutch: aanblik Esperanto: aspekto Finnish: puoli Finnish: näkökanta Finnish: näkökulma French: aspect Galician: aspecto Georgian: ასპექტი Georgian: სახე German: Aspekt Greek: άποψη Greek: όψη Hebrew: הֶבֵּט Hindi: रूप Hungarian: nézőpont Irish: dreach Italian: aspetto Japanese: 相 Macedonian: изглед Macedonian: аспект Malay: aspek Malay: rupa Māori: anga Māori: anganga Māori: karangatanga Marathi: रूप Norwegian Bokmål: aspekt Norwegian Nynorsk: aspekt Polish: aspekt Portuguese: aspeto Portuguese: aspecto Romanian: aspect Romanian: înfățișare Russian: вид Russian: перспекти́ва Scottish Gaelic: raon Slovak: aspekt Spanish: aspecto Ottoman Turkish: نمایش Ukrainian: ви́гляд Ukrainian: вид
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