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Perspective comes from a Latin root meaning what?

perspective

[per-spek-tiv] / pərˈspɛk tɪv /


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Still, I do hope this puts the cost of your dream car into perspective.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

When the companion is predicted to pass in front of or behind Betelgeuse from our perspective, the atmosphere appears rounder.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

She believes there are plenty of Muslim conservatives in Texas who share her perspective.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

But as he turns to the story of his father’s past, Mr. Murakami’s distant, delicate perspective begins to feel less like a literary device and more like emotional reticence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“It is a perspective that I am not able to view it from properly, because I...understand it in a different way. I like being able to see it through your eyes.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

This is a contemporary novel through and through, and Schoenbrun writes with practiced conviction, subtly differentiating the different characters’ perspectives without dropping the pace.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

The building choreographs a series of changing paths and perspectives within this vast armature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The BBC's Madeline Halpert spoke New York City tourists, residents and horse carriage workers to get their perspectives on the industry and the ban.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The holders of these outwardly contradictory perspectives are talking about two different things when they use the word “university.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

They both did anticipate, albeit from decidedly different perspectives, the looming sectional crisis between North and South that their own partnership stretched across.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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