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Synonyms for aspect

Grammar : Noun
Spell : as-pekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæs pɛkt

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Définition of aspect

Origin :
  • late 14c., an astrological term, "relative position of the planets as they appear from earth" (i.e., how they "look on" one another); later also "way of viewing things," from Latin aspectus "seeing, looking, appearance," from past participle of aspicere "to look at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "the look one wears, the appearance of things" attested by early 15c.
  • noun visible feature
  • noun element to consider
Example sentences :
  • The first aspect of Rotterdam is strongly in favour of the people.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Hawarden is called a Castle, but it has not, either in its exterior or interior, the aspect of a Castle.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The works of Dædalus are described by Pausanias as rude and uncomely in aspect.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Garson contrived to present an aspect of comparative indifference.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Alike as to formation, aspect, and climate, the Causses are unique in France.'
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • His waistcoat was red, and he wore knee-breeches, but his aspect was flustered.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • In harvest time the aspect of the country must be one of extreme richness.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • But this spiteful idea could not be sustained in face of the aspect she had now assumed.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Then why—if I am to believe you—have assumed the aspect of guilt, which you certainly have done?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • And yet perhaps the truer the aspect the stranger it would be.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

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