Search results for 'aspect':

aspect noun 1 a particular or distinct part or element of a problem, subject, etc • probed every aspect of the murder case. 2 a particular way of considering a matter • It's a very serious matter from all aspects. 3 a the appearance something has to the eye • a lush green aspect; b a look or appearance, especially of a face • a worried aspect. 4 the direction something faces • a garden with a southern aspect. 5 a astron, astrol the position of a planet in relation to the Sun as viewed from the Earth; b astrol any of the different influences that these positions are believed to have on the star signs • Aries is under the benign aspect of Venus just now. 6 grammar a verbal form in certain languages, eg Russian and other Slavonic languages, that expresses features such as simple action, repetition, beginning, duration, continuity, completedness, habituality, etc. aspectual adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin aspectus, from ad to + specere to look.