perceive
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
to become aware of through the senses
I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Types & categories
- sense hyponym
- apperceive hyponym
- receive hyponym
- divine hyponym
- hallucinate hyponym
- misperceive hyponym
- catch hyponym
- dream hyponym
- ache hyponym
- smell hyponym
- touch hyponym
- see hyponym
- sight hyponym
- hear hyponym
- listen hyponym
- taste hyponym
- find hyponym
- see through hyponym
Related & opposite
- sensing derivation
- comprehension derivation
- perceiver derivation
- detectable derivation
- perceptible derivation
- perceptive derivation
Sense 2 verb
become conscious of
She finally perceived the futility of her protest
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- perception derivation
- percipient derivation
- perceptive derivation
- perceptible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehension |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceiver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detectable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptible |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apperceive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | receive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | divine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hallucinate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | misperceive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dream |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ache |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | see |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | listen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | find |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | see through |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perception |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | percipient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptible |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | see |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smell out |