perceive
Meaning of perceive
verb
- become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.
his mouth fell open as he perceived the truth
he was quick to perceive that there was little future in such arguments
- interpret or regard (someone or something) in a particular way.
if Guy does not perceive himself as disabled, nobody else should
some geographers perceive hydrology to be a separate field of scientific enquiry
Middle English: from a variant of Old French perçoivre, from Latin percipere ‘seize, understand’, from per- ‘entirely’ + capere ‘take’.
Information about perceive
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of perceive
per-ceive
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- perceive is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
perceive synonyms
Meaning comprehend:
Meaning distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses:
Meaning acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of:
Meaning decide or determine correctly or with certainty:
Meaning manage to discern (something barely perceptible):
Meaning comprehend fully:
Meaning perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of:
Meaning discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly:
Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:
Meaning understand or perceive:
Meaning arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion:
Meaning bring or come to an end:
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning become aware of (a fact or situation):
Meaning gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught:
Meaning understand (a situation) fully; grasp the full implications of:
Meaning become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly:
Meaning find (something) out for certain; make sure of:
Meaning perceive by a sense or senses:
Meaning of or like God or a god:
Meaning understand or work out by instinct:
Meaning a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub:
Meaning know or become aware of:
Meaning regard in a particular light or with a particular attitude:
Meaning consider or think of in a specified way:
Meaning think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision:
Meaning form an opinion or conclusion about:
Meaning regard or consider in a specified way:
Meaning assess the value or quality of:
Meaning evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of:
Meaning consider or declare to be true or the case:
Meaning estimate the monetary worth of:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge:
Meaning have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something:
Translation of perceive
- Italian: percepire, notare, osservare, rilevare, trovare, distinguere, identificare, discernere, individuare
- German: wahrnehmen, merken, gewahren
- Spanish: notar, percibir, advertir, percatarse, observar, divisar, vislumbrar, distinguir, discernir, detectar
- French: percevoir, distinguer
Words that rhyme with perceive
apperceive, conceive, deceive, disdeceive, foreconceive, interreceive, misconceive, misperceive, misreceive, preconceive, predeceive, preperceive, prereceive, receive, reconceive, redeceive, reperceive, transceive, undeceive, beleive, neive, reive
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