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# perspective

noun (a perspective, perspectives; perspective — uncountable)

«perspective» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A perspective is a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of view («from my perspective»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#m1)
2. In art, perspective is a way of drawing so that things look solid and far away, with far things smaller and lines meeting at a vanishing point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#m2)
3. To keep things in perspective is to understand how important or unimportant something really is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#m3)
4. An old word for a telescope: a tube with glass in it that makes faraway things look closer and bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#m4)

### In the lessons

In English and history lessons, pupils look at events from different perspectives, such as a soldier's and a child's. In art lessons, children draw roads and railways with one-point perspective. In everyday life, «put it into perspective» means: it's not as bad as it seems. In stories, «first-person perspective» means told by «I».

### Examples

- From my perspective, the rule is unfair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x1)
- Write the story from the dog's perspective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x2)
- In art, we drew a road using perspective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x3)
- The lines meet at the vanishing point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x4)
- Losing a game is sad, but keep it in perspective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x5)
- Travelling gave her a new perspective on life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x6)
- Each witness had a different perspective on the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x7)
- He therefore took the crier with him to the khan where he lodged, and counted him out the money, and received the perspective glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/#x8)

### Note

Countable for points of view (different perspectives), uncountable for the drawing method. Trap: «perspective» (point of view) vs «prospective» (likely, future: «prospective students»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perspective» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perspective» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perspective.html) on Mova free.