perceive
11perceive */*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsiːv] / US [pərˈsɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms perceive : present tense I/you/we/they perceive he/she/it perceives present participle perceiving past tense perceived past participle perceived 1) [often passive] to understand or think …
12perceive — per|ceive W3 [pəˈsi:v US pər ] v [T not in progressive] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: perceivre, from Latin percipere] 1.) written to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way →↑perception perceive sth/sb as sth ▪… …
13perceive — [[t]pə(r)si͟ːv[/t]] perceives, perceiving, perceived 1) VERB If you perceive something, you see, notice, or realize it, especially when it is not obvious. [V n] A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between… …
14perceive — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, distinctly ▪ dimly ▪ The remedy for the problem was only dimly perceived by scientists until recently. ▪ directly ▪ the world …
15perceive — per|ceive [ pər siv ] verb transitive ** 1. ) often passive to understand or think about something in a particular way: School heads perceive their roles in different ways. perceive someone/something as something: Computers were often perceived… …
16perceive — perceivedly /peuhr see vid lee, seevd /, adv. perceivedness, n. perceiver, n. perceivingness, n. /peuhr seev /, v.t., perceived, perceiving. 1. to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through… …
17perceive — v. (formal) 1) (d; tr.) to perceive as (I perceived her statement as a threat) 2) (L) we perceived that the situation was critical * * * [pə siːv] (L) we perceived that the situation was critical (formal) (d; tr.) to perceive as (I perceived her… …
18perceive — per•ceive [[t]pərˈsiv[/t]] v. t. ceived, ceiv•ing 1) to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses 2) to recognize, discern, or understand: to perceive difficulties[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF *perceivre, for OF… …
19perceive — /pəˈsiv / (say puh seev) verb (t) (perceived, perceiving) 1. to gain knowledge of through one of the senses; discover by seeing, hearing, etc. 2. to apprehend with the mind; understand: *The second level of culture consists of theories and… …
20perceive something audible — index hear (perceive by ear) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
