percept

Other forms of percept

plural

percepts·

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 percept

What does percept mean?

percept means "the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept".

How many syllables are in percept?

percept has 2 syllables: per-cept. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝsɛpt/.

What is another word for percept?

Close synonyms include perception, perceptual experience. 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 percept a common word?

percept is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.