{
    "term": "perspective",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something",
            "sensetop": "from a… perspectivefrom the perspective of somebody/somethingperspective on something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a global perspective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A **historical perspective** may help us understand the issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recent events seem less serious when put into an international perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to **offer a** fresh **perspective**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to see the issue from a different perspective.",
                    "contextForm": "from a… perspective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a report that looks at the education system from the perspective of deaf people",
                    "contextForm": "from the perspective of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition provides us with a **unique perspective** on her work.",
                    "contextForm": "perspective on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The author brings a balanced perspective to these complex issues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book adopts a historical perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This latest study explores stress from a unique perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This lively book presents a refreshing new perspective on a crucial period in our history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This website puts a completely different perspective on world news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This will require a shift in perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should view this from the perspective of the people involved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll be looking at fatherhood issues from a personal perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When you reach middle age you get a different perspective on life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a feminist perspective in philosophy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his desire to broaden his narrow perspective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "multicultural education based on a global perspective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stories told from multiple perspectives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "women who bring a feminist perspective to their works"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The perspective of wheelchair users must be taken into account when designing public buildings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to approach the problem from a different perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His experience abroad provides a wider perspective on the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conference was a wonderful opportunity to share practices and gain a more global perspective on nursing."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "viewpoint",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alternative", "different", "fresh"],
                "verb + perspective": [
                    "have",
                    "get something in/​into",
                    "keep something in"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "from the perspective of",
                    "in perspective",
                    "into perspective"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a sense of perspective"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to think about problems and decisions in a reasonable way without making them seem worse or more important than they really are",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was aware that she was losing all **sense of perspective**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to **keep** these issues **in perspective**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talking to others can often help to **put** your own problems **into perspective**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important not to let things **get out of perspective**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her death put everything else into perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just need to keep things in perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's easy to lose perspective on things when you are under stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's get this into perspective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can now see things in their true perspective."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["alternative", "different", "fresh"],
                "verb + perspective": [
                    "have",
                    "get something in/​into",
                    "keep something in"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "from the perspective of",
                    "in perspective",
                    "into perspective"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a sense of perspective"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the art of creating an effect of depth and distance in a picture by representing people and things that are far away as being smaller than those that are nearer the front",
            "sensetop": "in perspectiveout of perspective",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The artist plays with perspective to confuse the eye."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We learnt how to draw buildings in perspective.",
                    "contextForm": "in perspective"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tree on the left is out of perspective.",
                    "contextForm": "out of perspective"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distorted", "horizontal", "vertical"],
                "preposition": ["in perspective", "out of perspective"],
                "phrases": ["the laws of perspective"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a view, especially one in which you can see far into the distance",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a perspective of the whole valley"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈspektɪv/",
                "audio": "pe/perspective/perspective__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈspektɪv/",
                "audio": "pe/perspective/perspective__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘optics’): from medieval Latin perspectiva (ars) ‘(science of) optics’, from perspect- ‘looked at closely’, from the verb perspicere, from per- ‘through’ + specere ‘to look’."
}