Perceive

What do we mean by perceive?

To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing. transitive verb

To cause or allow the mind to become aware of (a stimulus). transitive verb

To achieve understanding of; apprehend: synonym: see. transitive verb

To regard or consider; deem. transitive verb

In general, to become aware of; gain a knowledge of (some object or fact).

Specifically, to come to know by direct experience; in psychology, to come to know by virtue of a real action of the object upon the mind (commonly upon the senses), though the knowledge may be inferential; know through external or internal intuition.

Synonyms Observe, Notice, etc. See see.

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel transitive verb

To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand. transitive verb

To be affected of influenced by. transitive verb

To see, to be aware of, to understand. verb

Become conscious of verb

To become aware of through the senses verb

To become aware of, through the physical senses or by thinking; to see; to understand.

Words that are spelled similarly to perceive:
perceive, receive, deceive, perceived, perceptive, perceiver, apperceive, perceives, pearceite.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word perceive:
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Words that rhyme with perceive:
leave, naive, retrieve, believe, achieve, weave, receive, conceive, reprieve, reeve, deceive, heave, cleave, relieve, eve, interweave, sleeve, vive, peeve, nieve, bereave, grieve, aleve, reave, sheave, eave, neve, aggrieve, steve, interleave, steeve, greave, sleave, thieve, shrieve, lieve, greeve, shreve, cleve, aviv, leve, yves, keeve, greve, disbelieve, neave, preconceive, theave, shore leave, qui vive, prieve, misconceive, genevieve, naeve, chieve, prokofiev, scheve, shirtsleeve, threave, geneve, basket weave, plain weave, twill weave, rajiv, sabbatical leave, cheve, christmas eve, on leave, gleave, tel aviv, take leave, kieve, sick leave, misperceive, frost heave, compassionate leave, gildersleeve, dolman sleeve, shreeve, stieve, absence without leave, satin weave, on the qui vive, wind sleeve, midsummer eve, kleve, air sleeve, taffeta weave, meave, open weave, record sleeve, terminal leave, tel-aviv, biev, laneve, maharive, mccleave, sanjiv, satanjeev, soloviev.

Adjectives that are often used to describe perceive:
few, first, many, wise, public, individual, present, least, last, general, latter, scarce, best, self, elderly, rich, whole, argumentative, ignorant, stupid, day, prior, skilled, japanese, former, thoughtful, terrestrial, blind, celestial.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective perceive:
things, objects, time, reality, differences, events, pain, light, change, life, situations, relationships, sound, space, truths, beauty, changes, truth, relations, ideas, matter, sounds, color, movement, danger, death, risk, nothing, opportunities, colors, depth, possibilities, sympathy, distance, problems, something, others, information, words, potential, similarities, design, nature, god, act, patterns, religion, self, phenomena, conflict, threats, benefits, violence, risks, speech, illness, success, colours, threat, matters, spots, control, means, pleasures, substance, indications, support, one, colour, satisfaction, marks, duration, blooming, stress, wholes, qualities, evils, existence, stimuli, emotions, motion, discrimination, miracles, gestures, anything, sensations, numbers, mind, marriage, health.

Consonant match to perceive:
passive, pace of, paisa of, pascha of, pass of, peace of, pearse of, peece of, perce of, pers of, piece of, pisa of, piss of, purse of, pus of.

Words that sound like perceive:
perceive, pursive, perceived, percy, perceives, pursy, perceiver, percey, persi, apperceive, persea, preve, prieve, prove, pursue, proceed, passive, perso, prov, pursing, per say, priv, persing, per se, pressive, prev, prav, persa, passiv, persei, parev, prsa, bereave, breve, bursey, pussy, pussi, pursley, persky, preach, posse, pc, pre, peeve, perv, pers, pissy, pressie, perve, pree, perceiving, perseus, perse, pri, possie, perce, precis, passy, paree, pery, pressy, persis, persil, pacy, pressey, persaud, possi, pearse, parsi, passi, passee, perses, pesi, pci, prea, pasi, pca, persico, parsee, perea, perseid, pearcey, piercey, peri-, p c, picea, pre-, prae, persius, preo, precio, preci, persad, prae-, persica, pisi, pcv, preef, perceivers, persic.