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1. perceive
verb. ['pɝˈsiːv'] to become aware of through the senses.
Synonyms
Etymology
- perceiven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ''[[percevoir]], [[perceveir]]'' (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Perceive
- preconceive
- misconceive
- satanjeev
- disbelieve
- vancleve
- tel-aviv
- maharive
- interweave
- interleave
- sanjiv
- retrieve
- reprieve
- mccleave
- conceive
- relieve
- receive
- rajiv
- laneve
- geneve
- deceive
- believe
- aggrieve
- stieve
- steve
- sleeve
- shreve
- shreeve
- naive
- kleve
- grieve
How do you pronounce perceive?
Pronounce perceive as pərˈsiv.
US - How to pronounce perceive in American English
UK - How to pronounce perceive in British English
How do you spell perceive? Is it preceive ?
A common misspelling of perceive is preceive
Sentences with perceive
1. Adjective
What humans perceive as color depends on the wavelength of that light.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
People in general are usually more comfortable with people they perceive as being similar to them.
Quotes about perceive
1. Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
- Edgar Allan Poe
2. To perceive is to suffer.
- Aristotle
3. My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
- Albert Einstein
