perceive
verb (used with object)
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.
perceiving
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present participleof perceive.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"As adults, we overthink: 'How am I coming across? How's everyone perceiving me?'," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
It is interesting that they’ve always been enormously vain about the originality of their policy insights, their perceiving before others the rise of populism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
But the more we do that, the more things there are for us to pay attention to and the more worries we have about how other people are perceiving us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
"Pain is an extremely efficient means for perceiving damage to the body and to indicate the associated threat to its continued life. This often triggers a survival response, such as fleeing or freezing."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2025
Hearing is the act of perceiving sounds by the ear.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
