perception
/pəˈsepʃən/pur-SEP-shuhn
/pɚˈsɛpʃən/pur-SEP-shuhn
Meaningthe act of taking in fully
Common meaning: the way something is seen or understood
- perthrough; thoroughly
- ceptto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘through’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → perception
Journey through time
- Latincapiō, cēpī, captum‘to grasp, take’
- Frenchpercever
- Englishpercept‘something perceived by the senses’
- Englishformed in English from perceptperception‘the way something is seen or understood’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from percept + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PERCEIVE, p.434 · scan
Roots
- capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
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