phrasal verb · academic
put into perspective
UK/pʊt ˈɪn.tə pəˈspek.tɪv/US/pʊt ˈɪn.tu pərˈspek.tɪv/put IN·to per·SPEC·tive
to consider something in relation to other things so that its true importance can be understood
Examples
“When you put the small rise in price into perspective, it's not significant compared with wages.”
“Putting the figures into perspective shows that the problem is long-term, not seasonal.”
“It's helpful to put individual failures into perspective when evaluating progress.”
Band 8 sentence
“When assessing unemployment, economists must put short-term fluctuations into perspective by examining long-term trends.”
Collocations
- put something into perspective
- put the figures into perspective
Word family
Common mistakes
put in perspective→put into perspective
Say it for a higher band
5compare→6contextualize→7+put into perspective
Synonyms
contextualize
relativize
Easily confused
contextualize
“The author contextualized the data by comparing it with historical trends.”
relativize
“It is easy to relativize minor problems when bigger issues exist.”
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