Term | perspective (n.) |
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Synonym | a way of seeing from a particular location; a way of thinking about something |
Meaning | • Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject. • He writes from a Marxist perspective. • Because of its geographical position, Germany's perspective on the situation in Eastern Europe is rather different from Britain's. • You must keep things in perspective - the overall situation isn't really that bad. • Total investments for this year reached £53 million, and, to put this into perspective, investments this year were double those made in 2001. • I'd like to get someone else's perspective on this. • You're approaching the problem from a completely different perspective. • In a few years he might have a different perspective. • Why don't you think of this from a child's perspective? • When my Mum died it gave me a whole new perspective on life. • In 15th-century Italy, artists rediscovered the rules of perspective. |
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