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noun

perspective

CEFR B2

a particular way of viewing things

In a sentence

Six example sentences with perspective, each labelled with its topic.

  • Reading the siege from the baker's diary gives a perspective that the generals' dispatches leave out entirely.

    History

  • Coaching juniors for a season gave her a new perspective on why veterans forgive rookies for missing open shots.

    Basketball

  • Six months living in a village changed his perspective on cities, which now felt loud rather than exciting.

    Travel

  • Writing about the argument from her sister's perspective helped her see that neither of them had been listening.

    Psychology

  • Nietzsche held that there is no view from nowhere, only one perspective set against another.

    Philosophy

  • A week on the customer service desk gave the executive a perspective the quarterly reports had never provided.

    Business

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