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perspective

per·spec·tive
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [per-spek-tiv]
    • /pərˈspɛk tɪv/
    • /pəˈspek.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [per-spek-tiv]
    • /pərˈspɛk tɪv/

Definitions of perspective word

  • noun perspective a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective. 1
  • noun perspective a picture employing this technique, especially one in which it is prominent: an architect's perspective of a house. 1
  • noun perspective a visible scene, especially one extending to a distance; vista: a perspective on the main axis of an estate. 1
  • noun perspective the state of existing in space before the eye: The elevations look all right, but the building's composition is a failure in perspective. 1
  • noun perspective the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective. 1
  • noun perspective the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship: Your data is admirably detailed but it lacks perspective. 1
See all 29 definitions of perspective

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Origin of perspective

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin perspectīva (ars) optical (science), perspectīvum optical glass, noun uses of feminine and neuter of perspectīvus optical, equivalent to Latin perspect-, past participle stem of perspicere to look at closely (see per-, inspect) + -īvus -ive

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Parts of speech for Perspective

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Perspective

perspective popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

perspective usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for perspective

noun perspective

  • anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
  • aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
  • attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
  • bird's eye view — You say that you have a bird's eye view of a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small.
  • castles in the air — plural of castle in the air.
All 25 Synonyms of perspective

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Related words

  • linear perspective

    a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point (one-point perspective) two points (two-point perspective) or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position.

  • aerial perspective

    a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone, and colour, esp blue

  • atmospheric perspective

    a technique of rendering depth or distance in painting by modifying the tone or hue and distinctness of objects perceived as receding from the picture plane, especially by reducing distinctive local colors and contrasts of light and dark to a uniform light bluish-gray color.

  • one-point perspective

    a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point (one-point perspective) two points (two-point perspective) or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position.

  • two-point perspective

    a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point (one-point perspective) two points (two-point perspective) or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position.
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