perceive
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
to recognize, discern, envision, or understand: I perceive a note of sarcasm in your voice. This is a nice idea but I perceive difficulties in putting it into practice.
Origin of perceive
1synonym study For perceive
Other words for perceive
Other words from perceive
- per·ceiv·er, noun
- per·ceiv·ing·ness, noun
- non·per·ceiv·ing, adjective
- re·per·ceive, verb (used with object), re·per·ceived, re·per·ceiv·ing.
- self-per·ceiv·ing, adjective
- un·per·ceiv·ing, adjective
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How to use perceive in a sentence
He remembered the stones upon the Berkshire downs, the stolid, unperceiving, eternal stones.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThey think us merely cruel—just as we, in the same unperceiving manner, think them merely covetous.
Oriental Encounters | Marmaduke PickthallBut Joanna remained quite unperceiving of the dark lines deepening daily beneath her daughter's heavy eyes.
The War-Workers | E.M. DelafieldBut neither Nature nor Art works in this way except to our own unperceiving minds.
Of Six Medival Women | Alice Kemp-Welch
British Dictionary definitions for perceive
/ (pəˈsiːv) /
to become aware of (something) through the senses, esp the sight; recognize or observe
(tr; may take a clause as object) to come to comprehend; grasp
Origin of perceive
1Derived forms of perceive
- perceivable, adjective
- perceivability, noun
- perceivably, adverb
- perceiver, noun
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