perception English · revision 7223

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1398|origins=la percipio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/ ''(UK)''; /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English percepcioun, [[bor|fro|percepcion]] and directly [[bor|la|perceptio|t=perception, apprehension, a taking]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|percipio|alt=percipere|t=to take possession of; to perceive]] (see [[perceive]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of perceiving, understanding: before 1398, in Trevisa's translation of Bartholomew;^(Barnhart 1988) the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Middle English also used it in the literal sense of the Latin, a taking:^(Etymonline) the collection of rents (1493, now only legal) and the receiving of the Eucharist (1483, obsolete).^(OED 1989) Awareness of objects in general is from 1611, and awareness through the senses from 1704.^(OED 1989) Intuitive or direct recognition of some quality is from 1827.^(Etymonline) [[perceptive|alt=Perceptive]] is from 1656.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1398 – understanding.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1483 – receiving the Eucharist (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1493 – the collection of rents.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – awareness.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1704 – sense perception.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1827 – intuitive recognition.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The ability to see, hear or become aware of something through the [[sense|alt=senses]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The way something is understood or regarded; an [[impression]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Insight or intuitive understanding.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perceptional]]

+ * [[imperception]]

+ * [[nonperception]]

+ * [[reperception]]

+ * [[self-perception]]

+ * [[depth perception]]

+ * [[extrasensory perception]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perceive]]

+ * [[percept]]

+ * [[perceptual]]

+ * [[perceptive]]

+ * [[receive]]

+ * [[conceive]]

+ * [[capture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}