Aspect
['æspekt] or ['æspɛkt]
Definition
(noun.) a characteristic to be considered.
(noun.) a distinct feature or element in a problem; 'he studied every facet of the question'.
(noun.) the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb.
Checker: Patty--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
(n.) Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
(n.) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(n.) 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; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
(n.) Prospect; outlook.
(n.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
(n.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
(n.) To behold; to look at.
Edited by Adela
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Air, mien, countenance, expression, visage, feature.[2]. Appearance, view, light, condition, situation, position, state, attitude, posture.[3]. Direction, bearing, relative position.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Front, face, phase, side, appearance, presentation, exhibition, exposure,feature, view, air, mien, deportment, countenance, bearing, complexion, sight
ANT:Back, obverse, rear
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Definition
n. look: view: appearance also applied figuratively to the mind: position in relation to the points of the compass: the situation of one planet with respect to another as seen from the earth.—v.i. (obs.) to look at.—adj. As′pectable visible worth looking at.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There were moments when Lily found an ironic amusement in this aspect of the case. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A grey dusty withered evening in London city has not a hopeful aspect. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It appeared to be a collection of back lanes, ditches, and little gardens, and to present the aspect of a rather dull retirement. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wide square of Forli, the arcade around it, its light and pleasant aspect cheered me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I wish to say a brief word of the aspect of Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This gives the edifice the romantic appearance of having been riddled with cannon-balls, and imparts to it a very warlike aspect. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was one aspect of life as it presented itself to the sensitive and observant young operator in Louisville. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Each lineament was turned with grace; the whole aspect was pleasing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I thought the matter over, and I came to the conclusion that I must approach the case from another aspect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But this year Shirley was to be with her, and that changed the aspect of the trial singularly--it changed it utterly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Again, as he kissed me, painful thoughts darkened his aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Birkin decided that he detested toasts, and footmen, and assemblies, and mankind altogether, in most of its aspects. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A system so various in its structure has many contradictory aspects, some very attractive, and some very repellent to a liberal intelligence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And what has been said about appreciation means that every study in one of its aspects ought to have just such ultimate significance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Where there were distinct differences, the difficulty was met by saying that these were different _aspects_ of the same god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You know I'm such a graceless dog that these religious aspects of such subjects don't edify me much. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His blood is infected, and objects lose their natural aspects in his sight. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Focusing and ordering are thus the two aspects of direction, one spatial, the other temporal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I cannot think I was a very dangerous character in any of these aspects, but in all of them I carried the same warning on my back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Our wars, our social conflict, our enormous economic stresses, are all aspects of that adjustment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Certainly, the exemplary Mrs. Garth had her droll aspects, but her character sustained her oddities, as a very fine wine sustains a flavor of skin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For human nature in all its profounder aspects changes very little in the few generations since our Western wisdom has come to be recorded. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sincerely as I loathed the man, the prodigious strength of his character, even in its most trivial aspects, impressed me in spite of myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Adams, already referred to as facile princeps the typical telegrapher in all his more sociable and brilliant aspects. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some Social Aspects of the Question. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Two aspects of this more general and freer availability of former experiences for subsequent ones may be distinguished. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Ryan