Other forms: aspects
An aspect is one side or feature of a thing. Every aspect of the job, a worrying aspect, in this aspect.
In building, the aspect of a room is which way it faces, and a south-facing aspect is worth real money in a cold country. In grammar, aspect is whether an action is complete or continuing. The Latin means a looking at.
1nounaspectOne side or feature of a thing.
“Money is only one aspect of choosing a job.”
2noundirectionThe direction a room or building faces.
“The bedroom has a northern aspect, so it stays cool in summer.”
aspect is a feature, or an outlook.
Latin aspectus means a look or appearance, from aspicere, to look at — ad plus specere, to see.
Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Latin
aspectus — look, sight; appearance
Middle English
aspect
English, today
aspect
Built from
From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA