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perception

perception

53 4.0
The ability to notice and understand things quickly
  • noun
  • /pərˈsɛpʃən/
translation icon : percepción
  • The survey measured the public's perception of climate change and its impacts.
  • visual perception
  • auditory perception
  • speech perception

So for all these things to happen, you need perception and intelligence.

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Examples

  • The measure assessed an individual's perception of their personal status in their immediate social environment.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The Method subject creates the perception of her own identity through action.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Learning is getting your perception closer to reality, right?

  • Now his memory and perception were perfect.

  • So for all these things to happen, you need perception and intelligence.

  • Here our perception of sound begins to take form.

  • The second area is whether the child has a perception that the parent trusts him or her.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Your powers of perception never cease to amaze me.

  • The social environment in contrast to the natural environment plays a key role in self-perception.

  • OK, hearing loss is intimately entwined with our perception and understanding of speech.

Synonyms

understanding
vsperception
871 1.1

The ability to know what something means

adds that knowledge can come from senses as well as mental processes
insight
vsperception
493 4.9

A deep clear understanding of how something really is

is broader, applying to simple sensing as well as deep understanding
awareness
vsperception
336 3.2

Knowing about something or noticing it

is the active ability to notice or understand rather than the state of knowing
sight
vsperception
174 4.1

The way someone thinks about or judges something

is the active skill of noticing or gaining knowledge through senses or mind
intuition
vsperception
127 5.5

A quick feeling that something is true without thinking

includes knowledge from senses or thought, not only sudden inner knowing
comprehension
vsperception
70 3.0

Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear

includes sensing from senses as well as mental grasping more broadly
discernment
vsperception
38 6.6

The ability to notice and judge things clearly and wisely

emphasizes sensing or knowing rather than the wise judging aspect
recognition
vsperception
38 2.7

Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly

is the basic capacity to notice or gain knowledge broadly rather than momentary awareness
keen eye
vsperception
7 4.1

An ability to notice small details that others miss

covers noticing or knowing in general, not only small visible details
cognizance
vsperception
3 8.6

Awareness that something exists or is happening

is the active skill of noticing or understanding, not only stored knowledge
perspicacity
vsperception
  • Formal
2 9.6

The ability to notice and understand things quickly and clearly

focuses more generally on sensing or knowing rather than judgment quality
keen observation
vsperception
1 4.3

Noticing small details and understanding what they mean

is the plain capacity to notice or gain knowledge, not only interpretation
perceptiveness
vsperception
1 6.6

Being quick to notice small details and other people's feelings

is broader, covering any noticing or knowledge not only subtle detail detection
percipience
vsperception
  • Formal
9.9

The ability to notice and understand things quickly

is the general ability to notice or gain knowledge through senses or mind
perceptivity
vsperception
8.0

A quick ability to notice and understand things

is the overall capacity to sense or know rather than its keenness

Antonyms

Not noticing things happening around you

Compounds

A supposed ability to know things without using the normal senses

auditory perception
  • Specialized
1 4.5

The ability to hear and understand sounds

musical perception
  • Specialized
5.3

The ability to hear and understand musical sounds like pitch and rhythm

gustatory perception
  • Specialized
7.9

The sense of taste when taste buds detect chemicals in the mouth

olfactory perception
  • Specialized
6.6

The ability to notice and recognize smells with your nose

taste perception
  • Specialized
3.9

Ability to notice and understand flavors in the mouth from food and drink

touch perception
  • Specialized
4.5

Ability to feel pressure, heat, or pain on the skin

sound perception
  • Specialized
5.6

The ability to hear and understand sounds around you

speech perception
  • Specialized
5.3

The way the brain hears and understands spoken words

subliminal perception
  • Specialized
8.3

Noticing and reacting to pictures or sounds without being aware of them

The ability to see and understand what you look at

visual perception
  • Specialized
5.0

A computer or robot's ability to see and understand images from cameras

How Perceptive

acumen
17 7.9
insight
493 4.9
perception
53 4.0
awareness
336 3.2
inattention
8 4.6

Surface Forms

perception singular
perceptions plural

Morphology

perception = perceive (transparent) = percept + tion

This sense (ability to notice or understanding gained) is a normal nominalization of 'perceive' and remains semantically close to the verb.

Etymology

Perception comes from Latin capere 'to take', like in capture. Think of someone who can 'take in' small details quickly; that quick 'taking in' is having good perception. So it means the ability to notice or understand things easily.