1 | noun | a way of regarding situations or topics etc 2 | noun | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

persp'ektiv (IPA: pɝspˈɛktɪv)

per-spec-tive (11 letters | 3 syllables)

1380 (Late Middle ages) (645 years ago)

Old French | | Latin

written: 3021st most common (1 in 30303 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 3678th most common (1 in 125000 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

perspectives

position | view | linear perspective

bird's eye view | cutting edge | forefront | futurism | light | panoramic view | paradigm | sight | straddle | vanguard | Weltanschauung | world view (total: 12)

orientation | appearance | visual aspect

affective | collective | connective | corrective | defective | detective | directive | effective | elective | ineffective | infective | introspective | invective | irrespective | objective | ... (total: 22) (based on typical American pronunciation)

retrospective

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linear perspective

Mandarin Chinese: | 眼力 (noun) Hindi: | परिप्रेक्ष्य (noun) Arabic: | المَنظور (noun) Spanish: | punto de vista (matter) | perspectiva (art) | pintura en perspectiva (art) French: | point de vue (matter) | angle (matter) | perspective (art) | dessin en perspective (art)

perspective.com | perspective.net | perspective.org | perspective.info | perspective.biz (total: 5)

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20 (International English) | 20 (North American English)