perspective
nounadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United States//pɚˈspɛk.tɪv//
A view, vista or outlook.
noun
- 1
A view, vista or outlook.
And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."
- 2
The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
- 3
The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
- 4
datedAn artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
- 5
figurativeThe choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
- 6
The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
- 7
A perspective glass.
[…] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]
- 8
A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
Etymology
From Middle English perspective, perspectif, attested since 1381, from Old French or Middle French, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva ars (“science of optics”), the feminine of Latin perspectivus (“of sight, optical”), from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere (“to inspect, look through”), itself from per- (“through”) + specere (“to look at”); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto (“prospect”).
adjective
- 1
Of, in or relating to perspective.
a perspective drawing
- 2
obsoleteProviding visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
perspective glasses
Forms
- plural
- perspectives