perceiving

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US/pɚˈsivɪŋ/UK/pəˈsiːvɪŋ/

noun

The act by which something is perceived.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of perceive
nounperceiving (plural perceivings)

plural perceivings

  1. The act by which something is perceived.

    To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]

    2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73
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APA

perceiving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceiving

MLA

“perceiving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceiving. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perceiving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceiving.

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