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Pronunciation / Transliteration: perspective
"Il faut garder les choses en perspective."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
"From this perspective, the problem looks very different."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin perspectiva 'optics', feminine of perspectivus 'pertaining to optics', from Latin perspect- 'looked through', from the verb perspicere.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "perspective" is said worldwide
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perspective
Transliteration: perspective
"Il faut garder les choses en perspective."
Perspektive
Transliteration: Perspektive
"Das gibt uns eine neue Perspektive auf das Problem."
prospettiva
Transliteration: prospettiva
"Dobbiamo considerare la questione da un'altra prospettiva."
perspectiva
Transliteration: perspectiva
"Ella tiene una perspectiva única sobre el asunto."
perspectiva
Transliteration: perspectiva
"Isso muda completamente a nossa perspectiva."
दृष्टिकोण
Transliteration: drishtikon
"इस मुद्दे पर आपका क्या दृष्टिकोण है?"
观点
Transliteration: guǎndiǎn
"我们需要从不同的观点来看待这个问题。"
관점
Transliteration: gwanjeom
"그것은 흥미로운 관점입니다."
視点
Transliteration: shiten
"別の視点から考えてみましょう。"
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