درک کردن. فهمیدن
1 written to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way → perception
perceive something/somebody as something
Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive.
perceive something/somebody to be something
Often what is perceived to be aggression is simply fear.
Children who do badly in school tests often perceive themselves to be failures.
2 formal to notice, see, or recognize something → perceptive
That morning, he perceived a change in Franca’s mood.
Cats are not able to perceive colour.
perceive that
He perceived that there was no other way out of the crisis.
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GRAMMAR: Using the progressive
Perceive is not used in the progressive. You say:
I perceive a slight difference.
✗Don’t say: I am perceiving a slight difference.
Origin perceive ( 1200 - 1300 ) Old French perceivre, from Latin percipere
1 written to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way → perception
perceive something/somebody as something
Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive.
perceive something/somebody to be something
Often what is perceived to be aggression is simply fear.
Children who do badly in school tests often perceive themselves to be failures.
2 formal to notice, see, or recognize something → perceptive
That morning, he perceived a change in Franca’s mood.
Cats are not able to perceive colour.
perceive that
He perceived that there was no other way out of the crisis.
► see thesaurus at notice
GRAMMAR: Using the progressive
Perceive is not used in the progressive. You say:
I perceive a slight difference.
✗Don’t say: I am perceiving a slight difference.
Origin perceive ( 1200 - 1300 ) Old French perceivre, from Latin percipere