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{
"term": "perspective",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something",
"sensetop": "from a… perspectivefrom the perspective of somebody/somethingperspective on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a global perspective"
},
{
"text": "A **historical perspective** may help us understand the issue."
},
{
"text": "Recent events seem less serious when put into an international perspective."
},
{
"text": "The aim is to **offer a** fresh **perspective**."
},
{
"text": "Try to see the issue from a different perspective.",
"contextForm": "from a… perspective"
},
{
"text": "a report that looks at the education system from the perspective of deaf people",
"contextForm": "from the perspective of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition provides us with a **unique perspective** on her work.",
"contextForm": "perspective on something"
},
{
"text": "The author brings a balanced perspective to these complex issues."
},
{
"text": "The book adopts a historical perspective."
},
{
"text": "This latest study explores stress from a unique perspective."
},
{
"text": "This lively book presents a refreshing new perspective on a crucial period in our history."
},
{
"text": "This website puts a completely different perspective on world news."
},
{
"text": "This will require a shift in perspective."
},
{
"text": "We should view this from the perspective of the people involved."
},
{
"text": "We'll be looking at fatherhood issues from a personal perspective."
},
{
"text": "When you reach middle age you get a different perspective on life."
},
{
"text": "a feminist perspective in philosophy"
},
{
"text": "his desire to broaden his narrow perspective"
},
{
"text": "multicultural education based on a global perspective"
},
{
"text": "stories told from multiple perspectives"
},
{
"text": "women who bring a feminist perspective to their works"
},
{
"text": "The perspective of wheelchair users must be taken into account when designing public buildings."
},
{
"text": "Try to approach the problem from a different perspective."
},
{
"text": "His experience abroad provides a wider perspective on the problem."
},
{
"text": "The conference was a wonderful opportunity to share practices and gain a more global perspective on nursing."
}
],
"synonyms": "viewpoint",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["alternative", "different", "fresh"],
"verb + perspective": [
"have",
"get something in/into",
"keep something in"
],
"preposition": [
"from the perspective of",
"in perspective",
"into perspective"
],
"phrases": ["a sense of perspective"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the ability to think about problems and decisions in a reasonable way without making them seem worse or more important than they really are",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was aware that she was losing all **sense of perspective**."
},
{
"text": "Try to **keep** these issues **in perspective**."
},
{
"text": "Talking to others can often help to **put** your own problems **into perspective**."
},
{
"text": "It is important not to let things **get out of perspective**."
},
{
"text": "Her death put everything else into perspective."
},
{
"text": "I just need to keep things in perspective."
},
{
"text": "It's easy to lose perspective on things when you are under stress."
},
{
"text": "Let's get this into perspective."
},
{
"text": "We can now see things in their true perspective."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["alternative", "different", "fresh"],
"verb + perspective": [
"have",
"get something in/into",
"keep something in"
],
"preposition": [
"from the perspective of",
"in perspective",
"into perspective"
],
"phrases": ["a sense of perspective"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the art of creating an effect of depth and distance in a picture by representing people and things that are far away as being smaller than those that are nearer the front",
"sensetop": "in perspectiveout of perspective",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The artist plays with perspective to confuse the eye."
},
{
"text": "We learnt how to draw buildings in perspective.",
"contextForm": "in perspective"
},
{
"text": "The tree on the left is out of perspective.",
"contextForm": "out of perspective"
}
],
"topics": ["Art"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["distorted", "horizontal", "vertical"],
"preposition": ["in perspective", "out of perspective"],
"phrases": ["the laws of perspective"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a view, especially one in which you can see far into the distance",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a perspective of the whole valley"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈspektɪv/",
"audio": "pe/perspective/perspective__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈspektɪv/",
"audio": "pe/perspective/perspective__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘optics’): from medieval Latin perspectiva (ars) ‘(science of) optics’, from perspect- ‘looked at closely’, from the verb perspicere, from per- ‘through’ + specere ‘to look’."
}