to perceive
- verb
- /pərˈsiːv/
- Over time, children learn to perceive the differences between right and wrong.
- perceived support
- perceived stress
- perceived fairness
They will at some level perceive their child as a threat.
- They will at some level perceive their child as a threat.
- Well, do we perceive the happy life in others?
- We feel more self motivated when we perceive some choice.
- How could you start to perceive all of life as sacred?
- And how you perceive people changes as well.
- Do you have any surprise about being perceived as writing something radical?
- You want them to perceive you as a problem solver.
- Both forms of perceiving and knowing are all of ours.
- And so sadness comes from the perceived lack of options.
- So we have this dyadic heuristic when we perceive moral actions.
- And I think it's just the way that you perceive failure.
- And the practice is to perceive without any thought.
Examples
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Self esteem is how you value and perceive yourself.
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And how you perceive people changes as well.
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Well, do we perceive the happy life in others?
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And do we perceive it to be real or not?
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Just tell me if you perceive or feel anything.
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We do not perceive this to be a problem.
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We feel more self motivated when we perceive some choice.
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How could you start to perceive all of life as sacred?
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And everyone is going to perceive what I do differently.
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You want them to perceive you as a problem solver.
Synonyms
To understand what something means
To notice an emotion or a physical sensation in your body
To know the meaning of something
To recognize a person or thing you have seen before
To suddenly understand something you did not know before
Know from signs that something is true
To look at signs or actions and understand what they mean
Find something that is hard to notice
To be fully aware that something is true or happening
To notice something by feeling or by using a tool
To watch something carefully to learn about it
To understand the meaning of something
To notice something that is hard to see or hear
To see and pay attention to something
To understand the meaning of something
To notice and understand something in your mind
To notice something and connect it to past experiences
Antonyms
How Clear
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Perceive comes from Latin parts per- ('through') and capere ('to take'), the same root as capture. So to perceive in the sense of 'realize' or 'understand' is like 'taking' an idea into your mind, which explains why it means to become aware or to understand.