perceive

Other forms of perceive

past tense

perceived·

present participle

perceiving·

third person

perceives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about perceive

What does perceive mean?

perceive means "to become aware of through the senses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perceive?

perceive has 2 syllables: per-ceive. The stress falls on "ceive". In IPA it is /pɚˈsiv/.

What is another word for perceive?

Close synonyms include comprehend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perceive a common word?

perceive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perceive?

6 words rhyme with perceive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.