perception

From Middle English percepcioun, from Middle French percepcion, from Latin perceptiō (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipiō (“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpʃən
• Hyphenation: per‧cept‧ion

perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)

1. The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
2. Conscious understanding of something.

   have perception of time

3. Vision (ability) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. Acuity

• ken

• perceive
• percept
• perceptual

• “perception”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “perception”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• preception

Borrowed from Latin perceptiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

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perception f (plural perceptions)

1. collection (of taxes, fares, etc.)
2. perception (clarification of this definition is needed)

• petite perception (philosophy)

• percevoir

• “perception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr