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UK [pə(r)ˈspektɪv] / US [pərˈspektɪv] noun
Word forms "perspective":
singular perspective plural perspectives

1) [countable] a way of thinking about something

You can call it brave or foolish, depending on your perspective.

perspective on:

The book deals with a woman's perspective on revolutionary change.

from a historical/international/financial etc perspective:

The problem needs to be looked at from a historical perspective.

from the perspective of someone/something:

From the perspective of anyone with children, it looks rather irrelevant.

2) [uncountable] a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important etc something is in comparison with other things

lose perspective:

He has lost all perspective in the rush to get what he wants.

get/keep something in perspective:

It's important to keep things in perspective and not dwell on one incident.

get something out of perspective:

You've got the problem completely out of perspective.

put something into perspective:

This kind of tragedy puts a mere football match into perspective.

a sense of perspective:

Writing as a foreigner gives her a great sense of perspective.

3) [uncountable] art a method of showing distance in a picture by making far away objects smaller

in/out of perspective:

The figures in the foreground are badly out of perspective.

4) [countable] a view of a large area

The pictures show two perspectives of the bay.