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aspect
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspici? (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speci? (“look, look at, behold; observe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æsp?kt/
- Hyphenation: as?pect
Noun
aspect (plural aspects)
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- Synonym: facet
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: appearance, look, 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.
- 1643, John Evelyn, Diary
- This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built ...
- 1643, John Evelyn, Diary
- (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.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
- (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.]
- 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:
- The tradition is no less ancient, that the basilisk killeth by aspect ; and that the wolf, if he see a man first, by aspect striketh a man hoarse.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1:
- ... his aspect was bent on the ground with an appearance of deep dejection, which might be almost construed into apathy, ...
- 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:
- (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, Vol 1, Chapter IX.
- They are both in my judgment the image or picture of a great Ruine, and have the true aspect of a World lying in its rubbish.
- 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Vol. IV, Chapter XVIII
- Three days later he opened the parliament. The aspect of affairs was, on the whole, cheering.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The 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 a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow 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.
References
- aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Grammatical aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “aspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- aspect at 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): /??sp?kt/, /?s?p?kt/
- Hyphenation: as?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
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 ??? (vid).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.p?/
- Rhymes: -?
- 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aspect, Latin aspectus.
Noun
aspect n (plural aspecte)
- aspect, look
Synonyms
- înf??i?are
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acquirement
English
Etymology
From acquire +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kwa??(?)m?nt/
Noun
acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)
- (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,[1]
- […] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London: for the author, Volume 1, Letter 27, p. 177,[2]
- If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 1, Chapter 18, p. 305,[3]
- […] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,[1]
- The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
- […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]
- 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
- At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.
Synonyms
- (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition
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