perception
Syllables: per·cept·ionUK/pəˈsɛpʃn̩//pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
perception noun: the organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Noun
perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Conscious understanding of something.
- have perception of time
- Vision (ability)
- Acuity
perception meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
perception in Hindi
- perception, understanding
- ताड़ tāṛ, सूझ sūjh
- perception, sensation
- संवेदन samvedan
- perception
- सुझाई sujhāī, बूझ būjh
- perception, cognition
- बोध bodh
perception in Tamil
- உணர்தல், உள்ளுணர்தல், உள்வாங்கல், உள்புரிதல், புலக்காட்சி, பிரத்தியக்கம்
perception in Urdu
- conscious understanding of something
- حسی ادراک
- that which is detected by the five senses
- حواس خمسہ کا ادراک
More languagesFewer languages
- perception in Bengali
- উপলব্ধি upolobdhi, অনুধাবন onudhabon
- perception in Telugu
- ఇంద్రియజ్ఞానము indriyajñānamu, వేదన vēdana, ప్రతిపత్తి pratipatti
- perception in Malayalam
- കാഴ്ച, പ്രേക്ഷണം, ജ്ഞാനം, അവബോധം
- perception in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ, ತಿಳಿವು, ಗ್ರಹಣ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಜ್ಞಾನ
- perception in Sanskrit
- अनुभव anubhava, अनुभूति anubhūti, विबोध vibodha, अध्यक्ष adhyakṣa
- perception in Tagalog
- watas
- perception in Arabic
- اِدْرََاك حَسِّيّ idraāk ḥassiyy
- perception in Thai
- การรับรู้ gaan-ráp-rúu
- perception in Vietnamese
- tri giác
Examples of perception in a sentence
- The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
- Binocular rivalry is a visual phenomenon in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.
- A myriad of Hellenic artworks reflects the perceptions of the citizens of Ancient Greece.
Synonyms of perception
Forms of perception
| plural | perceptions |
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Origin of 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 (“to perceive, observe”); see perceive.
Words formed from perception
- afterperception
- anorthoscopic perception
- chemoperception
- chronoception
- depth perception
- disperception
- doors of perception
- extrasensory perception
- graviperception
- heteroperception
- imperception
- internal perception
- magnetoperception
- mechanoperception
- metaperception
- misperception
- nociperception
- nonperception
- non-referential perception
- osseoperception
- overperception
- perceptional
- perceptionism
- perceptionist
- petite perception
- photoperception
- preperception
- reperception
- self-perception
- somatoperception
- space perception
- underperception
- visuoperception
Phrases with perception
Words that rhyme with perception
Questions about perception
- What does perception mean?
- Perception means the organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- What is perception in Hindi?
- Perception in Hindi is ताड़ (tāṛ), सूझ (sūjh), संवेदन (samvedan). See Perception meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perception?
- Perception is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perception?
- Perception is pronounced /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perception?
- The plural of perception is perceptions.
Words near perception in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perception (page history and authors); ताड़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); perception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perception (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ఇంద్రియజ్ఞానము (Telugu) (page history and authors); perception (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perception (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अध्यक्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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