aspect

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Etymology

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

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Noun

aspect (plural aspects)

1. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
2. (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. [from 14th c.]
3. the way something appears when viewed from a particular direction.
4. One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 145:

     It is Stephen Gardiner, black and scowling, his aspect in no way improved by his trip to Rome.

5. (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb (in certain, originally specifically Slavic, languages) which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes; whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• (visual expression): blee, appearance, look

Derived terms

• aorist aspect
• aspect ratio
• aspectual
• iterative aspect
• perfective aspect
• imperfective aspect
• semelfactive aspect
• progressive aspect
• perfect aspect

Translations

the way something appears

Albanian: aspekt (sq) Bulgarian: вид (bg), перспектива (bg) Chinese: 體, 体 (tǐ) Czech: stránka (cs) f. Finnish: puoli, näkökanta, näkökulma French: aspect (fr) m. Galician: aspecto m. German: Aspekt (de) Greek: άποψη (el) f. (ápopsi) Hebrew: היבט (heybet') m.

Hungarian: nézőpont (hu) Italian: aspetto (it) m. Japanese: 相 (sō) Macedonian: изглед (mk) (ízgled) m., аспект (mk) (aspékt) m. Polish: aspekt (pl) m. Portuguese: aspecto (pt) m. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m. Scottish Gaelic: raon (gd) m. Slovak: aspekt (sk) m. Spanish: aspecto (es) m.

quality of a verb

Albanian: aspekt (sq) Armenian: կերպ (hy) (kerp) Bulgarian: вид (bg) Chinese: 體, 体 (tǐ) Czech: vid (cs) m. Finnish: aspekti (fi) German: Aspekt (de) m.

Greek: ποιόν ενεργείας (el) n. (poión energeías), (ρηματική) όψη (el) f. ((rimatikí) ópsi) Japanese: 相 (そう, sō), アスペクト (asupekuto) Macedonian: вид (mk) (vid) m., глаголски вид (mk) (glágolski vid) m. Polish: aspekt (pl) m. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m. Scottish Gaelic: aogas (gd) m.

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Noun

aspect n. (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. aspect, appearance

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French

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• IPA: /aspɛ/, X-SAMPA: /aspE/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophone: aspects

Noun

aspect m. (plural aspects)

1. aspect