perspective

«perspective» in Mova's school dictionary: a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a perspective, perspectives; perspective — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A perspective is a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of view («from my perspective»). tree →

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 →

3) To keep things in perspective is to understand how important or unimportant something really is. tree →

4) An old word for a telescope: a tube with glass in it that makes faraway things look closer and bigger. tree →

sense 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 →
• Write the story from the dog's perspective. tree →
• In art, we drew a road using perspective. tree →
• The lines meet at the vanishing point. tree →
• Losing a game is sad, but keep it in perspective. tree →
• Travelling gave her a new perspective on life. tree →
• Each witness had a different perspective on the accident. tree →
• 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 →

note

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

In the corpora

• Italian artists worked out the rules of perspective about 600 years ago.
• 3D pavement art uses perspective tricks so a chalk drawing looks deep from one spot; chalk washes away in the rain.
• Forced perspective is a camera trick: something close to the camera looks huge and something far away looks tiny.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «perspective» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.