PERSPECTIVE


Meaning of PERSPECTIVE in English

n.

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, optical, from Medieval Latin perspectivus

Date: 1570

1 obsolete : aiding the vision <his eyes should be like unto the wrong end of a perspective glass ― Alexander Pope>

2 : of, relating to, employing, or seen in perspective < perspective drawing>

– per · spec · tive · ly adverb

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