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perspectives

perspectives is the plural of perspective.

Meaning of perspective

Noun

perspective (countable and uncountable, plural perspectives)

  1. A view, vista or outlook.
    • And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with...2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30
  2. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  4. (dated) An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
  5. (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  6. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.

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Phrases with perspectives

Questions about perspectives

What is perspectives the plural of?
Perspectives is the plural of perspective.

Words near perspectives in the dictionary

  1. perspective glass
  2. perspective glasses
  3. perspectiveless
  4. perspectivelessness
  5. perspectively
  6. perspectives
  7. perspectivic
  8. perspectivism
  9. perspectivisms
  10. perspectivist
  11. perspectivistic

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