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perception

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
pəˈsɛpʃn̩

Definitions

  1. The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
  2. Conscious understanding of something.
  3. the system of philosophical idealism developed by George Berkeley (1685?-1753), especially his tenet that the physical world does not have an independent reality but exists as a perception of the divine mind and the flnite mind of man. Also Berkeleyism. — Berkeleian, Berkeleyan, n., adj.
  4. Vision (ability)
  5. Medicine. the association of imaginary sensations of color with actual perceptions of hearing, taste, or smell. Also called photism, color hearing. Cf. synesthesia.
  6. Acuity
  7. the combination of organic sensations that comprise an individual’s awareness of bodily existence. — coenesthetic, cenesthetic, adj.
  8. an impaired condition of any of the senses.
  9. Medicine. the sense by which movement, weight, position, etc. are perceived. — kinesthetic, adj.
  10. extreme acuteness or sensitivity of the sense of taste.
  11. an extremely heightened acuteness of the eyesight, resulting from increased sensibility of the retina.
  12. heightened acuteness of the sense of smell.
  13. the total or collective experience of all sensations or all the senses. — panesthetic, panaesthetic, adj.
  14. any abnormal physical sensation, as itching, a tickling feeling, etc. — paresthetic, paraesthetic, adj.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan diliqavrayış
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עבריתתפיסה
ქართულიაღქმა
한국어감지지각
Latviešuuztvere
Te Reo Māorikiterongo
සිංහලදසුන
Tagalogwatas
Türkçealgıidrak
Tiếng Việttri giác

Examples

have perception of time

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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