phase
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
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(Roget's IV)
n.
Syn. condition, state, stage, aspect, facet, angle, side, form, appearance, point, period, juncture; see also
state 2 ,
viewpoint .
Syn.- phase applies to any of the ways in which something may be observed, considered, or presented, and often refers to a stage in development or in a cycle of changes [ the phases of the moon ] ; aspect emphasizes the appearance of a thing as seen or considered from a particular point of view [ to consider a problem from all aspects] ; facet literally or figuratively applies to any of the faces of a many-sided thing [ the facets of a diamond, another facet of her personality ] ; angle suggests a specific aspect seen from a point of view sharply limited in scope, or, sometimes, an aspect seen only by a sharply acute observer [ he knows all the angles]
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
n.
1. period stage, time, point.
2. aspect side, level, angle.
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(Roget's Thesaurus II)
noun
1. An interval regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental unit: period, stage. See TIME.
2. The particular angle from which something is considered: angle2, aspect, facet, frame of reference, hand, light1, regard, respect, side. See PERSPECTIVE.
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phase — [ faz ] n. f. • 1661 astron.; h. 1544 fig.; répandu XIXe; gr. phasis « lever d une étoile » 1 ♦ Astron. Chacun des aspects que présentent la Lune et les planètes à un observateur terrestre, selon leur éclairement par le Soleil. ⇒ apparence. Les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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