perceive
verb (used with object)
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.
am perceiving
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present progressiveof perceive (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But ideally the frontal lobes should step in to challenge strange thoughts by asking the question: Is what I am perceiving based in reality?
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2021
To be conscious that I who am perceiving C perceived B and A, I must be conscious at once of A, B, and C, in one act of consciousness or apprehension.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Harold Arthur Prichard
