ASPECT


Meaning of ASPECT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æspekt ]

( aspects)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.

Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives...

He was interested in all aspects of the work here...

N-COUNT : usu with supp

2.

The aspect of a building or window is the direction in which it faces. ( FORMAL )

The house had a south-west aspect.

N-COUNT : usu sing , usu with supp

3.

In grammar, aspect is the way that a verb group shows whether an activity is continuing, is repeated, or is completed. For example, in ‘They were laughing’, the verb is in the progressive aspect and shows that the action was continuing. Compare tense .

N-UNCOUNT

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