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perspective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: perspectiva, from perspectivus 'of sight', from Latin perspicere 'to look through, see clearly']
[C] a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences
-see also viewpoint viewpoint perspective on
::His father's death gave him a whole new perspective on life.
from sb's perspective
::The novel is written from a child's perspective.
from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective
::We have to look at everything from an international perspective.
::a much-needed historical perspective
wider/broader perspective
::Our work in Uganda and Romania adds a wider perspective.
[U] a sensible way of judging and comparing situations so that you do not imagine that something is more serious than it really is
::I think Viv's lost all sense of perspective .
::The figures have to be put into perspective .
get/keep sth in perspective
(=judge the importance of something correctly)
[U] a method of drawing a picture that makes objects look solid and shows distance and depth, or the effect this method produces in a picture
::the artist's use of perspective
[C] formal a view, especially one in which you can see a long way into the distance