in perspective
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4.4
- idiom
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en perspectiva
- When faced with challenges, it's essential to keep things in perspective to avoid feeling overwhelmed.
- keep things in perspective
- put in perspective
- place in perspective
It put my whole life in perspective and boom, I mean seconds.
- It put my whole life in perspective and boom, I mean seconds.
- I get it, but keep things in perspective, all right?
- OK, let's put things in perspective, OK.
- Find ways to keep your life in perspective.
- It's always good to to put life in perspective.
- Really, really, really, really puts the whole thing in perspective when you think about it.
- So I wanted to try to put it in perspective.
- But so let's let's put that in perspective.
- Just to put things in perspective here, you asked me to to write a letter.
- It's important for us to keep our expectations in perspective.
- I'll tell you what I think this pandemic is really putting things in perspective for many of us.
- Oh, come on, keep it in perspective.
Examples
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You gotta learn to put things in perspective.
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I'll tell you what I think this pandemic is really putting things in perspective for many of us.
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I get it, but keep things in perspective, all right?
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So put that in perspective for us, James.
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Just trying to keep things in perspective.
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Well, let me put it in perspective for you.
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Working with kids helps put things in perspective in my life as well.
Academic text (2015) -
So let's get things in perspective and work together.
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To put this number in perspective, $17 trillion represents one quarter of global GDP.
Academic text (2010) -
It put things in perspective for everyone across countries, regions and generations.
Synonyms
726
3.7
To some degree when compared with something else
Antonyms
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4.1
Someone quotes words without the surrounding information, making the meaning seem wrong
How Relative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'considered in relation to other things' is directly derivable from combining 'in' (within/inside) with 'perspective' (a viewpoint), so the phrase literally denotes seeing something from a particular viewpoint or context. This is a regular preposition + noun composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
In perspective comes from painting, where perspective makes distant objects look smaller so a picture shows their true size and distance. So when you put something in perspective, you compare it to other things and see its real importance, which is why it means 'considered in relation to other things'.