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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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state
English
Etymology
Middle English (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin status (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stare (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status. The sense of "polity" develops in the 14th century. Compare French être, Greek ???? (stéo), Italian stare, Portuguese estar, Romanian sta, and Spanish estar.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ste?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Noun
state (plural states)
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- 1977, J. B. Sykes and John Stewart Bell, translating Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 3: Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory, p.28:
- States in which the energy has definite values are called stationary states of a system; they are described by wave functions ?n which are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e. which satisfy the equation ??n = En?n, where En are the eigenvalues of the energy.
- 1977, J. B. Sykes and John Stewart Bell, translating Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 3: Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory, p.28:
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- High social standing or circumstance.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Richard III, [Act I, Scene iii]:
- And le?ned by that ?mall, God I be?eech him, / Thy honor, ?tate, and ?eate, is due to me.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Richard III, [Act I, Scene iii]:
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica, page 1:
- They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech, High Court of Parlament, or wanting ?uch acce??e in a private condition, write that which they fore?ee may advance the publick good?; I ?uppo?e them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter’d and mov’d inwardly in their mindes […]
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica, page 1:
- (obsolete) Estate, possession.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- A polity.
- Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
- a. 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
- a. 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Germany, or Australia.
- (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- Antonym: occurrence
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Pages starting with “state”.
Translations
Verb
state (third-person singular simple present states, present participle stating, simple past and past participle stated)
- (transitive) To declare to be a fact.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- (transitive) To make known.
Usage notes
State is stronger or more definitive than say. It is used to communicate an absence of reasonable doubt and to emphasize the factual or truthful nature of the communication.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:communicate
Translations
Adjective
state (comparative more state, superlative most state)
- (obsolete) Stately.
Related terms
- estate
- statistics
- status
- State
See also
- department
- province
Further reading
- state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- state at OneLook Dictionary Search
- state in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- state in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- state in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Satet, Testa, Tetas, aetts, atest, taste, teats, testa
Afrikaans
Noun
state
- plural of staat
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: stà?te
Etymology 1
Apheretic form of estate.
Noun
state f (plural stati)
- (Tuscany) Alternative form of estate
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
state
- inflection of stare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
state
- feminine plural of stato
Anagrams
- setta, testa
References
- state in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
Latin
Verb
st?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of st?
Participle
state
- vocative masculine singular of status
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