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Complete Definition of "aspect"

English
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Etymology
from the Latin word, spex, meaning 'observer'

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-aspect.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. the way something appears when viewed from a particular direction.
  2. astrology a term used to indicate an angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
  3. grammar grammatical quality of a verb 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.

Translations
trans-top|the way something appears
Albanian: aspekt
Chinese: ä½ (tÇ)
Czech: stránka f
Finnish: puoli, näkökanta, näkökulma
French: t+|fr|aspect|m
Galician: aspecto m
German: t+|de|Aspekt
Greek: t|el|άÏοÏη|f|sc=Grek (ápopsi)
Hebrew: ×××× (heybet') m
Italian: t+|it|aspetto|m
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Japanese: ç¸ (sÅ)
Polish: aspekt m
Portuguese: t+|pt|aspecto|m
Russian: вид (vid) m
Slovak: aspekt m
Slovene: t-|sl|vid|m
Spanish: t-|es|aspecto|m
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trans-top|quality of a verb
Albanian: aspekt
Czech: t-|cs|vid|m
Greek: t|el|ÏοιÏν ενεÏγείαÏ|n|sc=Grek (poión energeías), t|el|(ÏημαÏική) ÏÏη|f ((rimatikí) ópsi)
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See also
aorist aspect
imperfective aspect
iterative aspect
perfective aspect
semelfactive aspect

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