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   aspect

   /ˈaspɛkt/

   noun

   • 1. a particular part or feature of something: "personal effectiveness in all aspects of life" Similar featurefacetsidecharacteristicparticulardetailpointingredientstrandangleslantsenserespectregard
   • ▪ a particular way in which something may be considered: "from every aspect theirs was a changing world"
   • ▪ a particular appearance or quality: "the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect" Similar appearancelookairbearingcastmannermiendemeanourdeportmentexpressioncountenancefeaturessemblanceguiseimpressioneffectatmospheremoodqualityambiencefeelingflavour
   • 2. the positioning of a building or other structure in a particular direction: "a greenhouse with a southern aspect" Similar outlookviewexposuredirectionsituationpositionlocation
   • ▪ the side of a building facing a particular direction: "the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable" Similar faceelevationfacadeside
   • ▪ any of a number of particular angular relationships between one celestial body or point on the ecliptic and another: "the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn"
   • 3. a category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by a verb: "the semantics of tense and aspect"

   verb

   • 1. (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body): "the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking): from Latin aspectus, from aspicere ‘look at’, from ad- ‘to, at’ + specere ‘to look’.

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   What is an aspect of something?

   • An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature. Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives. 11 meanings: 1. appearance to the eye; visual effect 2. a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facet 3..... Click for more definitions.

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   What is an example of an aspect in grammar?

   • In grammar, aspect is the way that a verb group shows whether an activity is continuing, is repeated, or is completed. For example, in 'They were laughing ', the verb is in the progressive aspect and shows that the action was continuing. Compare tense. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is an aspect of a building?

   • An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature. Monroe described the financial aspect as crucial. The aspect of a building or window is the direction in which it faces. The house had a south-west aspect. If something begins to have a new aspect, it begins to have a new appearance or quality.

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   What is the aspect of a building or window?

   • The aspect of a building or window is the direction in which it faces. The house had a south-west aspect. If something begins to have a new aspect, it begins to have a new appearance or quality. Our journey had taken on a new aspect.

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   What is a warlike aspect?

   • warlike in aspect. The house has a southern aspect. the dorsal aspect of a fish; the northern aspect of the house. Grammar. a category or interrelated set of categories for which the verb is inflected in some languages, typically to indicate the duration, repetition, completion, or quality of the action or state denoted by the verb.

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   The meaning of ASPECT is a particular status or phase in which something appears or may be regarded. How to use aspect in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Aspect definition: appearance to the eye or mind; look. See examples of ASPECT used in a sentence.

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   In grammar, aspect is the way that a verb group shows whether an activity is continuing, is repeated, or is completed. For example, in 'They were laughing', the verb is in the progressive aspect and shows that the action was continuing. Compare tense.

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   n. 1. appearance to the eye; visual effect: the physical aspect of the landscape. 2. a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facet: to consider every aspect of a problem. 3. the way in which a problem, idea, etc, may be considered: to consider a problem from every aspect.

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