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{
"term": "aspect",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a particular part or feature of a situation, an idea, a problem, etc.; a way in which it may be considered",
"sensetop": "aspect of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The book aims to cover all **aspects of** city **life**.",
"contextForm": "aspect of something"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition will focus on various aspects of life and culture in the Middle Ages."
},
{
"text": "the most important aspect of the debate"
},
{
"text": "She felt she had looked at the problem from every aspect."
},
{
"text": "This was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before."
},
{
"text": "We have worked very hard on certain aspects of our game."
},
{
"text": "The consultancy gives advice to manufacturers on the health and safety aspects of their products."
},
{
"text": "The project has two main aspects."
},
{
"text": "The service was excellent in every aspect."
},
{
"text": "They provided assistance on various aspects of the job."
},
{
"text": "We will be looking at many different aspects of pollution."
},
{
"text": "Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness."
},
{
"text": "This plan is very good from the social aspect."
},
{
"text": "the positive aspects to retirement"
},
{
"text": "the theoretical aspects of the course"
},
{
"text": "the worst aspects of tourism"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["central", "crucial", "essential"],
"verb + aspect": ["have", "take on", "address"],
"preposition": ["from the… aspect", "aspect to"],
"phrases": [
"all aspects of something",
"every aspect of something",
"in every aspect (of something)"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the appearance of a place, a situation or a person",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Events began to take on a more sinister aspect."
},
{
"text": "the dirty and seedy aspect of the bar"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["central", "crucial", "essential"],
"verb + aspect": ["have", "take on", "address"],
"preposition": ["from the… aspect", "aspect to"],
"phrases": [
"all aspects of something",
"every aspect of something",
"in every aspect (of something)"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the direction in which a building, window, piece of land, etc. faces; the side of a building that faces a particular direction",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our room had a western aspect."
},
{
"text": "The southern aspect of the school was dominated by the mountain."
}
],
"synonyms": "orientation",
"topics": ["Buildings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the form of a verb that shows, for example, whether the action happens once or repeatedly, is completed or still continuing",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈæspekt/",
"audio": "as/aspect/aspect__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈæspekt/",
"audio": "as/aspect/aspect__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "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’."
}