aspect

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

There are three aspects in English, the progressive or continuous aspect (expressing duration, typically using the auxiliary verb be with a form in -ing, as in I was reading a book), the perfect or perfective (expressing completed action, typically using the auxiliary verb have with a past participle, as in I have read the book), and unmarked aspect (as in he reads books)

• 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

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