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Meaning of perception | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
pəˈsɛpʃn̩

Definitions

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

Azərbaycanca qavrayış
Català percepció
Dansk opfattelse
Español percepción
Français perception
Gaeilge braistint
Gàidhlig toirt fa-near
Galego percepción
עברית תפיסה
Italiano percezione sentore
日本語 察知 感受 感性 感知 知覚 見識
ქართული აღქმა
한국어 감지 지각
Latviešu uztvere
Malti perċezzjoni
Nederlands gewaarwording perceptie waarneming zicht
Português perceção percepção
Tagalog watas
Türkçe algı idrak
Tiếng Việt tri 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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