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aspection

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • ă-spĕk′shən
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /æˈspɛk.ʃən/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also: /a-/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈspek-/
  • Australian: /æˈspek.ʃən/
  • New-Zealand: /ɛˈspek.ʃən/
  • Scotland: /aˈspɛk.ʃən/
  • Scotland: /aˈspɛk.ʃʌn/
  • India: /a(ː)ˈspɛ(ː)k.ʃon/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛkʃən

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of viewing; a look.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • to take aspection of something

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aspectiōnem, from aspicere (“to look at”), whence aspect. First attested in 1646.