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Aspects ˈæspekt Cover Important Debate Character Noun Bre

Word aspect
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈæspekt / NAmE / ˈæspekt /
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  • the book aims to cover all aspects of city life.
  • the most important aspect of the debate
  • she felt she had looked at the problem from every aspect.
  • this was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before.
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aspect

(noun)BrE / ˈæspekt / NAmE / ˈæspekt /
  1. a particular part or feature of a situation, an idea, a problem, etc.; a way in which it may be considered
    • The book aims to cover all aspects of city life.
    • the most important aspect of the debate
    • She felt she had looked at the problem from every aspect.
    • This was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before.
    • The consultancy gives advice to manufacturers on the health and safety aspects of their products.
  2. the appearance of a place, a situation or a person
    • Events began to take on a more sinister aspect.
    • the dirty and seedy aspect of the bar
  3. the direction in which a building, window, piece of land, etc. faces; the side of a building that faces a particular direction
    • synonym orientation
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/orientation
    • Our room had a western aspect.
    • The southern aspect of the school was dominated by the mountain.
  4. the form of a verb that shows, for example, whether the action happens once or repeatedly, is completed or still continuing
    • see also perfect (7)
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/perfect_1

    Extra Examples

    • Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness.
    • The project has two main aspects.
    • The service was excellent in every aspect.
    • They provided assistance on various aspects of the job.
    • This plan is very good from the social aspect.
    • We will be looking at many different aspects of pollution.
    • a unique collection illustrating aspects of Irish transport history
    • the formal aspects of the language system
    • the positive aspects to retirement
    • the theoretical aspects of the course
    • the worst aspects of tourism
    • The most important aspects of the debate were covered.
    • This was one aspect of her character he hadn’t seen before.

    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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