perception
part of speech
noun (perception, perceptions)
meaning for a pupil
1) Noticing and understanding things with your senses — seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling. tree →
2) The way a person thinks about or understands something; their view or impression. tree →
3) Being good at noticing things that others miss: «a girl of great perception». tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons perception is about the senses and the brain, like how we perceive colour or depth and how optical illusions trick our perception. In everyday life and stories it means opinion or impression: «Public perception of the park changed after the clean-up». It is a formal word used in exams and reports. Phrases: «perception of», «depth perception», «colour perception», «change people's perception».
examples
- Owls have amazing depth perception at night. tree →
- Optical illusions fool our perception. tree →
- Her perception of the new teacher changed after a week. tree →
- The detective's sharp perception solved the case. tree →
- Our perception of time speeds up when we are having fun. tree →
- Smell is an important part of our perception of taste. tree →
- People's perception of the beach was that it was dirty. tree →
- The test checks your perception of colours. tree →
- I have a clear perception of everything as if I were wide awake. tree →
note
Can be uncountable (the ability) or countable (a view: «different perceptions»). Verb: perceive (spelling: «ei»). Adjective: perceptive. A perception can be wrong — seeing is not always the truth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «perception» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.