aspect
/ˈæspɛkt/ noun B1- Any specific feature, part, or element of something. · Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. · The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. · in certain aspects [ = in certain respects]
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- 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. · The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south.
- Prospect; outlook.
- 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.
Plural aspects
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Everyone looked with astonishment on that grave and severe face, whose calm expression personal griefs had been unable to disturb, and the aspect of a man who was a stranger to all human emotions excited something very like terror.
“I was at the festival of my marriage, monsieur,” said the young man, his voice slightly tremulous, so great was the contrast between that happy moment and the painful ceremony he was now undergoing; so great was the contrast between the sombre aspect of M.
Morrel, with a mournful shake of his head, “the thing has assumed a more serious aspect than I expected.”
Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.
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