aspect

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. (defdate, 14th-19th c.) .
  2. Noun.  (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  3. Noun.  the way something appears when viewed from a particular direction.
  4. Noun.  One's appearance or expression. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  5. Noun.  (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb (in certain, originally specifically Slavic, languages) which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes; whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. (defdate, from 19th c.) .

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