perceive
To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
Other meanings
To interpret something in a particular way.
“John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades”
Related words
- nonperceiving
- perceivingly
- perceivingness
- unperceiving
- misperceive
- overperceive
- perceivable
- perceivance
- perceiver
- preperceive
- reperceive
- underperceive
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "percipiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “perceive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.