perspectiveper‧spec‧tive /pəˈspektɪv $ pər-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 
His father’s death gave him a whole new perspective on life.from somebody’s perspective The novel is written from a child’s perspective.from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective We have to look at everything from an international perspective. a much-needed historical perspectivewider/broader perspective Our work in Uganda and Romania adds a wider perspective.2[uncountable] a sensible way of judging and comparing situations so that you do not imagine that something is more serious than it really is: I think Viv’s lost all sense of perspective. The figures have to be put into perspective.get/keep something in perspective (=judge the importance of something correctly)3[uncountable] a method of drawing a picture that makes objects look solid and shows distance and depth, or the effect this method produces in a picture: the artist’s use of perspective4[countable] formal a view, especially one in which you can see a long way into the distanceCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + perspectivea new/different perspective· I like the programme because it gives you a different perspective on world news.a fresh perspective (=new and interesting or useful)· The venture will benefit from their fresh perspective.a wider/broader perspective· Searching through a variety of sources will give them a wider perspective on their subject.a historical perspective· It is important to have a historical perspective when considering these changes.a global/international perspective· A global perspective allows firms to spot opportunities and reduce supply costs.a feminist perspective· If you look at this from a feminist perspective, things are, in fact, not equal.a female perspective· Carson's lyrics are definitely written from the human experience, but from a female perspective.a Marxist perspective· From a Marxist perspective, crime is largely the product of capitalism.a Christian perspective· We approach the problem from a Christian perspective.a business perspective· I think it was a good thing to do, from a business perspective.the American/Russian/French etc perspective· From the French perspective, therefore, 1934 marks a major turning point.verbshave a perspective· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.see/view something from a perspective· A child can only see see the world from his or her own perspective.give (somebody) a perspective· A break might give her a better perspective on things.provide a perspective· Their research is concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past.offer a perspective· Bamford offers a fresh perspective on this ongoing historical debate.get a perspective· When you get to my age, you get a different perspective on life.put a perspective on something· This new evidence put a whole new perspective on the case.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbslose perspective· People sometimes lose perspective on what is really important in life.put something into/in perspective (=consider something in a sensible way by comparing it with something else, or to help you do this)· Let's put this data into perspective.· I saw their suffering, and it really put my own problems into perspective.get/see something in perspective (=judge the importance of something correctly by considering it in relation to other things)· You’ve got to take a wider view and get things in perspective.keep something in perspective· I hope we can all keep this issue in perspective.phrasesa sense of perspective· I felt I needed a break from the relationship in order to keep a sense of perspective.
WORD ORIGINperspective
Origin:
1300-1400 Medieval Latin perspectiva, from perspectivus ‘of sight’, from Latin perspicere ‘to look through, see clearly’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A prisoner has a different perspective on prison life than a guard.
- Different people bring different perspectives and values to the workplace.
- Feminists say that the book was written from a male perspective.
- Giotto's use of perspective
- You believe him, but you've only heard his perspective.
- Finally, does the traditional definition of deviance make sense from a female perspective?
- From B's perspective of obtaining his freedom the unresolved issues were equally fundamental to the point addressed.
- From this perspective we can see a direct contrast with the normativist style.
- From this perspective, the witch-doctor is clearly on the side of the angels and his business is highly legitimate.
- So let us look at 1993 realistically, but also from the perspective of our commitment to authentic communication.
- These assumptions require some reconsideration as a starting point for the development of the postclassical perspective.
- This chapter is an account of the process and is an attempt to see it from the family's perspective.
- This has led to a generally narrow perspective where resistance to information systems is dismissed as unreasonable.
Longman Language Activatoran opinion that is influenced by the situation you are in
what you think about something, especially when this is influenced by the situation you are in: · People seemed afraid to express a point of view that was different from the government's.· If Allen had ever been the victim of a crime, he might have a slightly different point of view.from somebody's point of view: · The story is told from the daughter's point of view.· From a farmer's point of view, foxes are a nuisance.listen to somebody's point of view: · She's always ready to listen to other people's point of view.
a particular way of thinking about a problem or subject: · We need to seriously consider all the different viewpoints on the issue.from a historical/feminist/democratic etc viewpoint: · The book looks at the Royal family from a sociological and historical viewpoint.from the viewpoint of somebody: · The TV series examines childhood from the viewpoints of twelve different families.
a particular way of thinking about something, especially of someone who is involved in a situation or who has to make a professional judgment about it: from somebody's standpoint: · From the teacher's standpoint, the new tests just mean more work.from a financial/political/literary etc standpoint: · His books have sold in the millions, but from a literary standpoint they aren't really very good.
one of a number of ways of thinking about something that should be considered when dealing with a particular problem or subject: · Advertisers need to find the right angle to make their product appeal to consumers.· The article gives the reader a fresh angle on pop culture.look at/view/examine etc something from an angle: · Thompson says his committee has looked at the problem from every possible angle.angle on: · They wanted an ordinary worker's angle on the new system.
a way of thinking about something which is influenced by the kind of person you are or by things that have happened to you: · You believe him, but you've only heard his perspective.· Different people bring different perspectives and values to the workplace.from somebody's perspective: · Feminists say that the book was written from a male perspective.perspective on: · A prisoner has a different perspective on prison life than a guard.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + perspective It’s an issue that can be viewed from several perspectives.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiencesperspective on· I like the programme because it gives you a different perspective on world news.
(=new and interesting or useful)· The venture will benefit from their fresh perspective.
· Searching through a variety of sources will give them a wider perspective on their subject.
· It is important to have a historical perspective when considering these changes.
· A global perspective allows firms to spot opportunities and reduce supply costs.
· If you look at this from a feminist perspective, things are, in fact, not equal.
· Carson's lyrics are definitely written from the human experience, but from a female perspective.
· From a Marxist perspective, crime is largely the product of capitalism.
· We approach the problem from a Christian perspective.
· I think it was a good thing to do, from a business perspective.
· From the French perspective, therefore, 1934 marks a major turning point.
verbs· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.
· A child can only see see the world from his or her own perspective.
· A break might give her a better perspective on things.
· Their research is concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past.
· Bamford offers a fresh perspective on this ongoing historical debate.
· When you get to my age, you get a different perspective on life.
· This new evidence put a whole new perspective on the case.
Meaning 2verbs· People sometimes lose perspective on what is really important in life.
(=consider something in a sensible way by comparing it with something else, or to help you do this)· Let's put this data into perspective.· I saw their suffering, and it really put my own problems into perspective.
(=judge the importance of something correctly by considering it in relation to other things)· You’ve got to take a wider view and get things in perspective.
· I hope we can all keep this issue in perspective.
phrases· I felt I needed a break from the relationship in order to keep a sense of perspective.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It’s an issue that can be viewed from several perspectives.· The account is not exhaustive but is outlined with a view to drawing out alternative perspectives.· One requirement in the reformulation is another set of alternative perspectives.· Utilize relevant concepts, alternative theories and perspectives. 5.· We can not reach an understanding of these divisions if we are constantly denied the alternative perspectives.· An alternative perspective comes from looking at what they did rather than what they said.
· Conductors such as Barenboim or Wolfgang Sawallisch, for example, perhaps approach music from a broader perspective.· Using that broader perspective, we did away entirely with centralized pickup and delivery.· I want to defend a radically different picture, which takes a much broader historical perspective.· Such links contributed to the development among patients of a broader perspective about themselves and about leprosy.· He or she must learn to perceive his or her main studies in a broader perspective.· Taking a broader perspective, Mira remarks on the situation at large.
· Secondly, lawyers and economists approach problems from different perspectives.· Pittsburgh running back Bam Morris has a different perspective.· Others have disagreed with this, but from different perspectives.· From each self comes a different perspective.· Due to these different perspectives these managers may behave differently towards subordinates.· Maybe it is just a totally different perspective so far away from home and being immersed in the local culture.· Injecting a different perspective of this kind part way through a project can also have its uses.
· Listening Listening provides a fresh perspective on listening comprehension.· We have always been able to count on you to bring a fresh perspective to the table.· Being away from this column for three months has given me a fresh perspective.
· Development and social change: a global perspective.· Add a global perspective and you up the scale to cover the entire planetary network of human activity.
· Once again the trend must be seen in historical and sociological perspective.· He would offer nonstop commentary on the action, as well as a rare historical perspective.· We begin with three tables that provide some historical perspective.· But the work these performers did early in their careers is more interesting from a historical perspective than a musical one.· I want to defend a radically different picture, which takes a much broader historical perspective.· First of all, the problem must be brought into historical perspective.· But taking a wider historical and comparative perspective, there is some truth in these statements.· Like modern archeology, anthropology also depends upon the historical perspective which Hecataeus and his successors first opened.
· If we are to profit from an international perspective on curriculum management, we have surely to deepen our questions.· This occurs because the United States is a big market and our international perspective is quite limited.· Homosexuals will have to put their struggle for tolerance and against heterosexist norms and morals in an international perspective.· In an international perspective, what is proposed looks curiously hybrid.· He has to look at everything from an international perspective.
· In a longer perspective, the contribution of Marxists to literary criticism is considerable.· It turns out that what seems elemental to many expert educationists is actually bizarre from the long perspective of history and anthropology.· Western countries must take a longer term perspective.· Looking at it from a longer perspective, Sally and Bruno said that they began to see some progress.· Sustainable development implies a long term perspective.· Historical material is also being examined in order to get a long term perspective on the more recent changes.· The second is to place that direct experience of a particular generation against the longer perspective of time.· Gordon's analysis calls for a longer term perspective and points to the inherent instability of world capitalism today.
· From a Marxist perspective, systems of stratification derive from the relationships of social groups to the means of production.· Power and the superstructure From a Marxist perspective political power derives from economic power.· From Lovell's Marxist perspective the feminist debates outlined above are misdirected for a variety of reasons.· Gough, writing from a Marxist perspective, finds the de-industrialisation thesis wanting on two counts.· In summary, the key to understanding society from a Marxist perspective involves an analysis of the infrastructure.· We will discuss Marxist perspectives on the state in Chapter 7.· Lenin was one of the first theorists who examined the international growth of capitalism from a Marxist perspective.· Dependency and conflict From a Marxist perspective, the relationship between the major social classes is one of mutual dependence and conflict.
· The results provide a new perspective on the association between area deprivation indicators and population health.· Instead of red convertibles and toupees, they are choosing a new perspective, one that values life over lifestyle.· The problem of how to legitimate managerial power must be tackled from an entirely new perspective.· We had worked hard to elect the women, believing that they would bring a valuable, new perspective to government.· It made him re-evaluate his philosophy, his life, and gave him a whole new perspective.· We give a new perspective on the experiences of your husbands and sons, and new ideas on changing the workplace.· His stridency also reflected a new perspective on the importance of the whole conflict.· Then you can see with your own eyes how a familiar homeland can suddenly take on an awesome new perspective.
· An important question to ask about any new movement in social psychology is whether it proposes a universal or particular perspective.· The framing of the traditional photograph and its construction from a particular perspective offer a safe viewing distance.· Classification, analysis, and substantive interpretation are all subject to the particular perspective of the researcher.
· These dimensions should be considered when assessing resource patterns from a political perspective.· There are several sites mentioned in the book that examine the Holocaust from historical, political and spiritual perspectives.· A political perspective on organizations begins with the sources of conflict between the interests which different categories of organizational members have.· Very recently, however, there have emerged important signs of a change within those working within a political economy perspective.· Morgan and Sayer are an example of the new style of analysis within a broadly political economy perspective.· When approached more rigorously, however, difficulties and disagreements soon appear from both political and practical perspectives.
· The Wittgensteinian model puts these concepts in proper perspective.· It gave them a welcome break from the mania of the Olympics and seemed to put everything in its proper perspective.· It is sometimes difficult to maintain a Proper sense of perspective, in this work.· What teachers need to do is put the stuff of the curriculum in its proper perspective.· So some factual background will help to put consumers' beliefs into proper perspective.· Of course, I argued, the press should keep experimental and preliminary successes in proper perspective.· It serves only to put their comparison with human imbeciles in proper perspective.· Our vantage point provided a proper perspective of the immense scale of this Himalayan giant.
· But even this shift towards a wider social perspective has its downside.· Most neo-realist films, regardless of their stylistic or thematic content, usually viewed their characters from a strictly social perspective.· However, from a social action perspective socialisation can never be simply a matter of internalisation of fixed social rules.· However, we must keep the influence of socio-economic origins or social class in perspective.· Social action perspectives Advocates of social action perspectives argue that the subject matter of the social and natural sciences is fundamentally different.
· Once again the trend must be seen in historical and sociological perspective.· He does not avoid what is observable even when his sociological perspective is not designed to explore it.· They suggest that sociological perspectives are shaped more by historical circumstances than by objective views of the reality of social life.· However, very little has been written about the relationship between exercise, sport and health from a distinctly sociological perspective.· It is necessary to appreciate these facts if social policy is to be seen from a sociological perspective.· So we need both a psychological and a sociological perspective.· The value of the sociological perspective is that it enables students to see why society believes in the discipline in question.· Typical of the questions a sociological perspective might prompt are: 1.
· Either way, the prejudiced persons are attempting to justify their position by adopting either a theoretical or empirical perspective.· On this second front he goes beyond Parsons by expanding the opportunities of scholars with variant theoretical perspectives.· These explanations are influenced by the sociologist's theoretical perspective and their evaluation of the services provided by professionals.· This is inpart what I hope to provide here in respect of certain current theoretical perspectives and pedagogic approaches.· For the time being, we move on to the second of our theoretical perspectives, the ethogenic approach.· Finally, ignorance of the cultural and theoretical perspective that underlies a study can colour its substantive conclusions.· From a theoretical perspective population growth is seen as a major stimulant to industrial development.· Preparatory lectures will give a theoretical perspective to a residential weekend at an outdoor centre.
· But even this shift towards a wider social perspective has its downside.· This wider perspective is but a few centuries old.· We can employ our talent around the world to give us news across a much wider perspective.· I wanted your poetry to be better, wanted to show you the way into a wider perspective of words and feelings.· Eventually, some of those activists began to take a wider perspective.· It is thus important to see the influence of the taxation system on work incentives in this wider perspective.· The visits to the colleges provided a much wider perspective on the provision of accounting courses as opposed to the narrow single college viewpoint.
VERB· There is a further reason for adopting a historical perspective.· Like functionalists, the interactionists employ the concept of role but they adopt a somewhat different perspective.· Turning to Britain's educational system, the vice chancellor of Salford adopted a different perspective.· There is much to sympathize with here, but this study will not adopt a realist perspective.
· They may tackle a subject from a fresh angle, bring a new perspective, and help take the debate further.· Ideally, children bring a healthy perspective to life.· The problem is to bring a sense of perspective to what you're doing.· Sammler thought it might be enlightening to recall the Sanskrit words. Bring in a little perspective.· Perhaps the confusion of the adolescent years of change would be brought into a proper perspective.· First of all, the problem must be brought into historical perspective.· The members bring in other perspectives.· We have always been able to count on you to bring a fresh perspective to the table.
· There are glimpses along the way, odd insights into a changing perspective.· It changes your perspective immediately, because it requires new and different responses from you.· There's no pointless, memory-hungry options to change the perspective or style of pieces, but you can alter the colours.· School-to-work systems also are changing the perspectives of employers.· Anyway, I've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit.· As Peter looked outward, he was able to motivate others to change their perspective too.· The new insistence that a text's mediation in history is important has changed this perspective.· Time after time people tell me that having cancer has changed all their perspectives on life.
· How can we develop this perspective?· He developed a Downunder perspective on things, wanting to turn views on their heads.· He developed his original perspective from Bowlby's ideas about man's instinctive needs to maintain close attachments.· The final-year units provide further opportunities to develop these perspectives in a way which allows students to pursue special areas of interest.
· You are in effect trying to gain an overall perspective on the whole book or topic, as well as its constituent parts.· You will also gain a perspective of the work that goes beyond job titles to the skills that are used.· The mythical opponents, Vishnu representing complacency and preservation and Siva symbolizing change and metamorphosis, gain another perspective in the light of physics.· The review team member usually reads it first to gain a perspective on the study.· In order to gain some perspective on the event, I begin with the account of a latter-day spectator, Josiah Royce.
· Hannah clearly possesses a unique quality which gives her a remarkable perspective of the very fabric of Baldersdale.· The painful empty-nest feelings Candace is experiencing now that Mara is about to leave for college have given her a new perspective.· These demanding on-site visits gave Pearl a better perspective on the tenders received.· We give a new perspective on the experiences of your husbands and sons, and new ideas on changing the workplace.· It gives a good up-to-date perspective but in such a rapidly advancing field will soon become dated.· Being away from this column for three months has given me a fresh perspective.· It might well give her a better perspective on things if she could get right away for a short time.· Preparatory lectures will give a theoretical perspective to a residential weekend at an outdoor centre.
· Awareness that the world-wide economic situation will be crisis-ridden in 1993 should help keep a perspective on your actions.· Despite this, the problems of retirement should be kept in perspective.· Munro-bagging should be kept in perspective, too, and the autumn semi-moratorium is no bad thing.· Personally I've tried to keep that in perspective.· As demands crowd in on you it becomes increasingly difficult to keep things in perspective.· Having said that, one or two points need to be put and kept in perspective.· These statistics should, on the other hand, be kept in perspective.· But let's keep this thing in perspective.
· Los Angeles' Hotel Inter-Continental offers an unusual perspective.· The series continues in 1991 offering a Birmingham perspective on current media issues.· The remaining three articles offer personal perspectives on childhood and the process of learning in the family.
· The alternative to incrementalism provided by the rational perspective is zero-based review.· The notion of core competencies provides a useful perspective from which to view organizations and learning.· We begin with three tables that provide some historical perspective.· Parenting provides skills and a perspective you might not get elsewhere.· The results provide a new perspective on the association between area deprivation indicators and population health.· Our vantage point provided a proper perspective of the immense scale of this Himalayan giant.· The press, polemics and literature all provide perspectives and information not otherwise available.· This is where the recent history of law's withdrawal from the regulation of private morality provides a useful perspective.
· Today he put my loss into perspective - by ignoring me.· We must put those numbers in perspective.· Let us put the record into perspective.· Mr. Leigh Naturally, I understand Rolls-Royce's disappointment, but we must put the matter in perspective.· By changing the historian's focus, these problems can be put into another perspective.· The overall effect of this encounter was dramatic, because it was reassuring and put things in perspective.
· However, there are two different perspectives from which this general purpose can be viewed.· But far too many break-ups are viewed from the perspective of what the adults want.
· There are other poems attacking the Friend in which the Poet writes from a closer perspective.· He writes from the perspective of later years when the dons of Magdalen were anything but congenial society to him.· Gough, writing from a Marxist perspective, finds the de-industrialisation thesis wanting on two counts.· Thus poetry written from the perspective of the agricultural worker has a potential to reveal economic relations within particular descriptions.· A textbook on political science written from a comparative perspective.
His father’s death gave him a whole new perspective on life.from somebody’s perspective The novel is written from a child’s perspective.from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective We have to look at everything from an international perspective. a much-needed historical perspectivewider/broader perspective Our work in Uganda and Romania adds a wider perspective.2[uncountable] a sensible way of judging and comparing situations so that you do not imagine that something is more serious than it really is: I think Viv’s lost all sense of perspective. The figures have to be put into perspective.get/keep something in perspective (=judge the importance of something correctly)3[uncountable] a method of drawing a picture that makes objects look solid and shows distance and depth, or the effect this method produces in a picture: the artist’s use of perspective4[countable] formal a view, especially one in which you can see a long way into the distanceCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + perspectivea new/different perspective· I like the programme because it gives you a different perspective on world news.a fresh perspective (=new and interesting or useful)· The venture will benefit from their fresh perspective.a wider/broader perspective· Searching through a variety of sources will give them a wider perspective on their subject.a historical perspective· It is important to have a historical perspective when considering these changes.a global/international perspective· A global perspective allows firms to spot opportunities and reduce supply costs.a feminist perspective· If you look at this from a feminist perspective, things are, in fact, not equal.a female perspective· Carson's lyrics are definitely written from the human experience, but from a female perspective.a Marxist perspective· From a Marxist perspective, crime is largely the product of capitalism.a Christian perspective· We approach the problem from a Christian perspective.a business perspective· I think it was a good thing to do, from a business perspective.the American/Russian/French etc perspective· From the French perspective, therefore, 1934 marks a major turning point.verbshave a perspective· Everyone seems to have a different perspective on the issue.see/view something from a perspective· A child can only see see the world from his or her own perspective.give (somebody) a perspective· A break might give her a better perspective on things.provide a perspective· Their research is concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past.offer a perspective· Bamford offers a fresh perspective on this ongoing historical debate.get a perspective· When you get to my age, you get a different perspective on life.put a perspective on something· This new evidence put a whole new perspective on the case.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbslose perspective· People sometimes lose perspective on what is really important in life.put something into/in perspective (=consider something in a sensible way by comparing it with something else, or to help you do this)· Let's put this data into perspective.· I saw their suffering, and it really put my own problems into perspective.get/see something in perspective (=judge the importance of something correctly by considering it in relation to other things)· You’ve got to take a wider view and get things in perspective.keep something in perspective· I hope we can all keep this issue in perspective.phrasesa sense of perspective· I felt I needed a break from the relationship in order to keep a sense of perspective.