Definitions for perceive

perceive per·ceive

Spelling: [per-seev]
IPA: /pərˈsiv/

Perceive is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in perceive (ceeeiprv).

Definitions for perceive

verb (used with object)

  1. to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses:
  2. to recognize, discern, envision, or understand:

Origin of perceive

1250-1300; Middle English perceiven Anglo-French *perceivre, for perçoivre Latin percipere to lay hold of, grasp, equivalent to per- per- + -cipere, combining form of

Examples for perceive

It becomes a hapless gesture of uninformed social media departments who perceive the potential of engagement without consequences.

I cannot perceive that our own comprehension of it is at all essential to the matter.

People always have to perceive the problems before them, including many unexpected nuances, and decide how to handle them.

They still saw white policemen killing unarmed African Americans in what they perceive as cold blood and without repercussions.

I perceive in your eyes, my indulgent spectators, the criticism which you are too kind to utter.

And Buck was just sober enough to perceive that he was being held lightly.

We perceive God through the soul as we feel air on the body.

They want Americans to perceive Washington as broken, especially heading into 2016.

The more we perceive of power the more we are freed from fear.

On the other hand, patients may not perceive much downside to taking the medications, even if they may not help much.

Word Value for perceive
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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