"put something into perspective" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> something into perspective"
      },
      "expansion": "put something into perspective (third-person singular simple present puts something into perspective, present participle putting something into perspective, simple past and past participle put something into perspective)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can put your worries into perspective when you realise how many people in the world are so much worse off than you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_something_into_perspective-en-verb-7x5Nbjut",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "manäṣ́aṣ́är",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "ማነፃፀር"
        },
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "ʾänṣ́arawi",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "አንፃራዊ"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "perspektivere"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "suhteuttaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "asettaa mittasuhteisiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "mettre en perspective"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "remettre en perspective"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to compare with something similar",
          "word": "به چیزی واقع بینانه نگاه کردن"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-put something into perspective.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put something into perspective"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put something into perspective",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> something into perspective"
      },
      "expansion": "put something into perspective (third-person singular simple present puts something into perspective, present participle putting something into perspective, simple past and past participle put something into perspective)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
        "Persian terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can put your worries into perspective when you realise how many people in the world are so much worse off than you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-put something into perspective.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-au-put_something_into_perspective.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "manäṣ́aṣ́är",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "ማነፃፀር"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾänṣ́arawi",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "አንፃራዊ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "perspektivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "suhteuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "asettaa mittasuhteisiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "mettre en perspective"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "remettre en perspective"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to compare with something similar",
      "word": "به چیزی واقع بینانه نگاه کردن"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put something into perspective"
}