n · academic
aspect
/ˈæspekt/AS·pect
Band 6-7speakingtask2
one part or feature of a situation, problem, or subject
Examples
“You should analyse different aspects of the problem before concluding.”
“Economic aspects were not considered in the initial plan.”
“The social aspect of the policy attracted most public attention.”
Band 8 sentence
“The paper examines linguistic, cultural and pedagogical aspects of language acquisition in multilingual classrooms.”
Collocations
- aspect of
- an important aspect
- consider the social/economic aspect
Word family
aspect naspects n (pl)
Common mistakes
in aspect of→in terms of / in the aspect of (rare)
aspect to→aspect of
Say it for a higher band
5part→6side→7+aspect
Synonyms
facet
side
Easily confused
element
“A key element of the experiment is controlling the temperature.”
facet
“One facet of the problem is the lack of public awareness.”
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