aspect

Meaning

Noun

1. Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
2. The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
3. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
4. A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
5. One's appearance or expression.
6. 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.
7. Prospect; outlook.
8. 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.
9. The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
10. The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
11. (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
12. (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
13. In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
14. The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.

Verb

1. To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
2. To channel a divine being.
3. (obsolete) To look at.

Synonyms

appearance

look

view

sight

side

facet

point of view

expression

form

face

phase

perspective

mien

countenance

feature

point

viewpoint

angle

semblance

respect

flank

attitude

features

air

trait

characteristic

standpoint

bearing

prospect

looks

figure

field

vista

facial expression

visage

situation

slant

exposure

scene

direction

phenomenon

outlook

panorama

part

orientation

state

conduct

complexion

colour

notion

Translations

aspect

aspecto

aspetto

Aspekt

aspecto

άποψη

apparence

air

aspecte

schijn

allure

Aussehen

aanblik

aanzien

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæspɛkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aspect

In summary

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).