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/pə(r)ˈspektɪv/ 
| singular | perspective |
| plural | perspectives |
- 1[countable] a way of thinking about something
You can call it brave or foolish, depending on your perspective.
perspective on:The book deals with a woman’s perspective on revolutionary change.
from a historical/international/financial etc perspective:The problem needs to be looked at from a historical perspective.
from the perspective of someone/something:From the perspective of anyone with children, it looks rather irrelevant.
- 2[uncountable] a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important etc something is in comparison with other thingslose perspective:
He has lost all perspective in the rush to get what he wants.
get/keep something in perspective:It’s important to keep things in perspective and not dwell on one incident.
get something out of perspective:You’ve got the problem completely out of perspective.
put something into perspective:This kind of tragedy puts a mere football match into perspective.
a sense of perspective:Writing as a foreigner gives her a great sense of perspective.
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