aspect

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæspɛkt/ Hyphenation: as‧pect === Noun === aspect (plural aspects) Any specific feature, part, or element of something. Synonyms: component, facet, feature The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. Synonym: hue The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. Synonyms: respect, front A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something. One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: appearance, look, (obsolete) blee 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. Prospect; outlook. (grammar) 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. [from 19th c.] (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.] (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th–19th c.] (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth Vol 1, Chapter IX. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy. (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green. ==== Hyponyms ==== (grammar): grammatical aspect, aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect; lexical aspect ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (grammar): aspectuality (grammar): Aktionsart, aktionsart === Verb === aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected) (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect. (Wicca) To channel a divine being. (obsolete) To look at. ==== Translations ==== === References === aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Grammatical aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “aspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “aspect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === epacts, escap't == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈspɛkt/, /ɑsˈpɛkt/ Hyphenation: as‧pect Rhymes: -ɛkt === Noun === aspect n (plural aspecten, diminutive aspectje n) aspect, element aspect, appearance (linguistics) aspect (grammatical category) ==== Derived terms ==== aspectueel ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: aspek → Indonesian: aspek == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aspectus. The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Russian вид (vid). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.pɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛ Homophone: aspects === Noun === aspect m (plural aspects) aspect (grammar) aspect (grammatical quality of a verb) === Further reading === “aspect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aspect, from Latin aspectus. === Noun === aspect n (plural aspecte) aspect, look Synonym: înfățișare