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Another word for perceive

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Verb

  1. To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes

    See also:

    see

  2. To be intuitively aware of

    Idioms:
    See also:

    knowledge

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Another word for perceive

Verb

  1. See

    See also:

    see

    regard

    look

    discern

  2. Understand

    See also:

    discern

    understand

    recognize

    learn

    distinguish

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Sentence Examples

  • I perceive pressure, heat, color, sound, flavor and odor in my five senses.

  • With a unique vantage point into the world, they were able to perceive what she couldn't see.

  • I perceive that you are curiously constructed, and that if you cannot breathe you cannot keep alive.

  • Sometimes we perceive things as what we want them to be instead of what they actually are.

  • How do our eyes perceive the world around us?

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