{
    "term": "aspect",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a particular part or feature of a situation, an idea, a problem, etc.; a way in which it may be considered",
            "sensetop": "aspect of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The book aims to cover all **aspects of** city **life**.",
                    "contextForm": "aspect of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition will focus on various aspects of life and culture in the Middle Ages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most important aspect of the debate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt she had looked at the problem from every aspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have worked very hard on certain aspects of our game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The consultancy gives advice to manufacturers on the health and safety aspects of their products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project has two main aspects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The service was excellent in every aspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They provided assistance on various aspects of the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will be looking at many different aspects of pollution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Questions also cover much broader aspects of general health and fitness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This plan is very good from the social aspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the positive aspects to retirement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the theoretical aspects of the course"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the worst aspects of tourism"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["central", "crucial", "essential"],
                "verb + aspect": ["have", "take on", "address"],
                "preposition": ["from the… aspect", "aspect to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "all aspects of something",
                    "every aspect of something",
                    "in every aspect (of something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the appearance of a place, a situation or a person",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Events began to take on a more sinister aspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dirty and seedy aspect of the bar"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["central", "crucial", "essential"],
                "verb + aspect": ["have", "take on", "address"],
                "preposition": ["from the… aspect", "aspect to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "all aspects of something",
                    "every aspect of something",
                    "in every aspect (of something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the direction in which a building, window, piece of land, etc. faces; the side of a building that faces a particular direction",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our room had a western aspect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The southern aspect of the school was dominated by the mountain."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "orientation",
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the form of a verb that shows, for example, whether the action happens once or repeatedly, is completed or still continuing",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæspekt/",
                "audio": "as/aspect/aspect__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæspekt/",
                "audio": "as/aspect/aspect__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking): from Latin aspectus, from aspicere ‘look at’, from ad- ‘to, at’ + specere ‘to look’."
}