aspect

 
Pronunciation: /ˈaspɛkt/

noun

  • 1a particular part or feature of something: personal effectiveness in all aspects of life the financial aspect can be overstressed
  • a particular way in which something may be considered: from every aspect theirs was a changing world
  • a particular appearance or quality: the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect [mass noun]: a man of decidedly foreign aspect
  • 2 [usually in singular] the positioning of a building or other structure in a particular direction: a greenhouse with a southern aspect
  • the side of a building facing a particular direction: the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable
  • 3 [mass noun] Grammar a category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by a verb: the semantics of tense and aspect [count noun]: four verbal aspects
  • 4 Astrology any of a number of particular angular relationships between one celestial body or point on the ecliptic and another: the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn

verb

[with object] Astrology
  • (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body): the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th

Derivatives

aspectual

Pronunciation: /aˈspɛktʃʊəl/
adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking): from Latin aspectus, from aspicere 'look at', from ad- 'to, at' + specere 'to look'