perception

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General American):

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

Noun

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

Anagrams

• preception

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

perception f (plural perceptions)

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

References

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

Further reading

• perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr