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Face Wall wall Face by ProJect Aspect aspect |ˈaspekt| noun 1 a particular part or feature of something : the financial aspect can be overstressed. • a specific way in which something can be considered : from every aspect, theirs was a changing world. • [in sing. with adj. ] a particular appearance or quality : the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect | a man of decidedly foreign aspect. 2 [usu. in sing. ] the positioning of a building or thing in a specified direction : a greenhouse with a southern aspect. • the side of a building facing a particular direction : the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable. • Astrology a particular position of a planet or other celestial body relative to another, as measured by angular distance : the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn. 3 Grammar a grammatical category or form that expresses the way in which time is denoted by the verb : the semantics of tense and aspect | four verbal aspects. There are two aspects in English, the progressive or continuing aspect (expressing duration, typically using the auxiliary verb be with a form in -ing, as in I was reading a book) and the perfect or perfective (expressing completed action, typically using the auxiliary verb have with a past participle, as in I have read the book). verb [ trans. ] (usu. be aspected) Astrology (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body) : the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th.