I'm afraid my depth perception is very poor.
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Perception
//pəˈsɛpʃn̩//
Synonyms for "perception" (141 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
mental impressionmindmindfulnessnight visionnoesisnotenoticenotionobservationopinionpenetrationperceptivenesspercipienceperipheral fieldperipheral visionperspectiveperspicaciousnessperspicacityperspicuityperspicuousness
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photopiapower of sightprovidencepurviewquick sightrangerealizationreceptrecognitionreflectionrepresentationresponseresponse to stimulirod visionsagaciousnesssagacityscopescotopiaseeingsensationsensesense impressionsense of sightsense perceptionsensibilitysensingsensitivitysensory experiencesentimentsightsightednesssuppositionsweeptacttastetheorythoughttrenchancytwilight visionunderstandingunobstructed visionviewvisionvisual acuityvisual fieldvisual sensewit
Noun(3 words)
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15 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- persepsie noun (conscious understanding of something)
- waarneming noun (conscious understanding of something)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἴσθησις noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Arabic
1 entries- اِدْرََاك حَسِّيّ noun (conscious understanding of something)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qavrayış noun (conscious understanding of something)
Bengali
3 entries- অনুধাবন noun (conscious understanding of something)
- উপলব্ধি noun (the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information)
- উপলব্ধি noun (conscious understanding of something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възприя́тие noun (the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information)
- възприятие noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- зрение noun (vision (ability))
- разбиране noun (conscious understanding of something)
Catalan
3 entries- percepció noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percepció noun (vision (ability))
- percepció noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 感知 noun (conscious understanding of something)
- 知覺 /知觉 noun (conscious understanding of something)
Czech
2 entries- vjem noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- vnímání noun (conscious understanding of something)
Danish
1 entries- opfattelse noun (conscious understanding of something)
Dutch
4 entries- gewaarwording noun (conscious understanding of something)
- perceptie noun (conscious understanding of something)
- waarneming noun (conscious understanding of something)
- waarneming noun (vision (ability))
Finnish
4 entries- aistimus noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- havainnointi noun (conscious understanding of something)
- havainto noun (the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information)
- havainto noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
French
3 entries- perception noun (conscious understanding of something)
- perception noun (vision (ability))
- perception noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Galician
1 entries- percepción noun (conscious understanding of something)
Georgian
4 entries- აღქმა noun (conscious understanding of something)
- აღქმა noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- შემეცნება noun (conscious understanding of something)
- შეცნობა noun (conscious understanding of something)
German
1 entries- Wahrnehmung noun (conscious understanding of something)
Greek
4 entries- αίσθηση noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- αντίληψη noun (conscious understanding of something)
- αντίληψη noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- διορατικότητα noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Hebrew
2 entries- קליטה noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- תפיסה noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfogás noun (conscious understanding of something)
- látás noun (vision (ability))
- megértés noun (conscious understanding of something)
- érzékelés noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Irish
1 entries- braistint noun (conscious understanding of something)
Italian
3 entries- percezione noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percezione noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- sentore noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Japanese
1 entries- 知覚 noun (conscious understanding of something)
Latvian
1 entries- uztvere noun (conscious understanding of something)
Maltese
1 entries- perċezzjoni noun (conscious understanding of something)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- têgihîştin noun (the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ادراك noun (conscious understanding of something)
Polish
3 entries- percepcja noun (conscious understanding of something)
- postrzeganie noun (conscious understanding of something)
- spostrzeganie noun (conscious understanding of something)
Portuguese
4 entries- percepção noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percepção noun (vision (ability))
- percepção noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- perceção noun (conscious understanding of something)
Romanian
4 entries- discernere noun (conscious understanding of something)
- discernământ noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percepere noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percepție noun (conscious understanding of something)
Russian
4 entries- восприя́тие noun (conscious understanding of something)
- восприя́тие noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- перце́пция noun (conscious understanding of something)
- реце́пция noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- toirt fa-near noun (conscious understanding of something)
- toirt fa-near noun (vision (ability))
- toirt fa-near noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- percèpcija noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percèpcija noun (vision (ability))
- percèpcija noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- predodžba noun (conscious understanding of something)
Slovak
2 entries- vnem noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- vnímanie noun (conscious understanding of something)
Spanish
2 entries- percepción noun (conscious understanding of something)
- percepción noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Swedish
2 entries- förnimmelse noun (conscious understanding of something)
- uppfattning noun (conscious understanding of something)
Tagalog
1 entries- watas noun (conscious understanding of something)
Thai
1 entries- การรับรู้ noun (conscious understanding of something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- перце́пція noun (conscious understanding of something)
- сприйняття́ noun (conscious understanding of something)
- сприйняття́ noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
- чуття́ noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Urdu
2 entries- حسی ادراک noun (conscious understanding of something)
- حواس خمسہ کا ادراک noun (that which is detected by the five senses)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tri giác noun (conscious understanding of something)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.
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This means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.
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The simple perception of natural forms is a delight.
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