1 [C] ~ (on sth) a particular attitude towards sth; a way of thinking about sth:
a global perspective * Try to see the issue from a different perspective. * a report that looks at the education system from the perspective of deaf people * His experience abroad provides a wider perspective on the problem. * Recent events seem less serious when put into an international perspective.
2 [U] the ability to think about problems and decisions in a reasonable way without exaggerating their importance:
She was aware that she was losing all sense of perspective. * Try to keep these issues in perspective. * Talking to others can often help to put your own problems into perspective. * It is important not to let things get out of perspective.
3 [U] the art of creating an effect of depth and distance in a picture by representing people and things that are far away as being smaller than those that are nearer the front:
The artist plays with perspective to confuse the eye. * We learnt how to draw buildings in perspective. * The tree on the left is out of perspective.
4 [C] a view, especially one in which you can see far into the distance:
a perspective of the whole valley
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is perspective a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, perspective is tagged as noun.
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