How to pronounce perspective
American English pronunciation
pur-SPEK-tiv
- IPA
- /pɚˈspɛktɪv/
- Syllables
- pur · SPEK · tiv (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What perspective means
A particular way of looking at or thinking about something
In a sentence: From my little brother's perspective, bedtime always comes too early.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word meaning "to look through." It has been in English since at least 1381.
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