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DictionaryRoot: specere
Latin

specere

look

Forms

  • specere
  • -spic- — A changed form used inside Latin compounds.
  • spect- — The form used in derivatives referring to looking or having looked.

Origin

From an older Indo-European root usually reconstructed as *spek-, “observe.”

Note

Looking developed into ideas of attention, expectation, and judgment.

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noun

aspect

AS-pekt/ˈæspekt/

A particular side or outward presentation of something.

Each view shows a different aspect of the shoe.

Three complementary views of the same distinctive walking shoe reveal different aspects: its side construction, its upper and fastening, and its patterned sole.
Etymology
aLatinto, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis
+spectLatinlook

The pieces express “looking toward” something. From the act of looking came a view or appearance, and hence a particular side or feature considered.

In context

Destroy! The Influence of Punk.7:15
anarchy seems to got this bad rap which maybe maybe comes from the violent aspect of it and the the fact that it wants to tear down government etc.
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More examples

  • We discussed every aspect of the proposal.
  • The abandoned house has a gloomy aspect.
  • The practical aspects interested her most.

Forms

aspect · aspects

Similar words

feature
Similarly names a particular characteristic.
dimension
Often suggests one broad way of considering a subject.