perceive
When we perceive something, we become aware of or notice it. Sometimes we perceive things by using our senses of sight, hearing, and smell.
Or we can use our mind to perceive things, which means that we are able to recognize or understand them. We can also perceive a person or thing as having certain qualities: Do you perceive yourself as a good student? The Latin root percipere means “to receive, understand,” from the prefix per- “thoroughly” plus capere “to seize, take.”
Definitions of perceive
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become aware of through the senses
“I could
perceive the ship coming over the horizon”-
synonyms:
comprehend-
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feel, sense
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
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apperceive
perceive in terms of a past experience
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pick up, receive
register (perceptual input)
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divine
perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
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hallucinate
perceive what is not there; have illusions
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misperceive
perceive incorrectly
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catch, pick up
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
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dream
experience while sleeping
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ache, hurt, suffer
feel physical pain
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smell
inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
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touch
perceive via the tactile sense
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see
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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sight, spy
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
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hear
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
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listen
hear with intention
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taste
perceive by the sense of taste
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find
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
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see through
perceive the true nature of
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hear
receive a communication from someone
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chiromance
divine by reading someone’s palms
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catch, get
suffer from the receipt of
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glimpse
catch a glimpse of or see briefly
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twinge
feel a sudden sharp, local pain
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prick, sting, twinge
cause a stinging pain
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sniff, whiff
perceive by inhaling through the nose
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nose, scent, wind
catch the scent of; get wind of
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snuff, snuffle
sniff or smell inquiringly
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get a noseful, get a whiff
smell strongly and intensely
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see
see and understand, have a good eye
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catch a glimpse, catch sight, get a look
see something for a brief time
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behold, lay eyes on
see with attention
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see double
see things as if they were there twice
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descry, espy, spot, spy
catch sight of
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detect, discover, find, notice, observe
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
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hear out
listen to every detail and give a full hearing to
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listen in
listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
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advert, attend, give ear, hang, pay heed
give heed (to)
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catch, overhear, take in
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
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catch, get
perceive by hearing
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hark, harken, hearken
listen; used mostly in the imperative
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eavesdrop, listen in
listen without the speaker’s knowledge
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savor, savour
taste appreciatively
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kill
be the source of great pain for
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become conscious of
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look on as or consider
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