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Perception

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.

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Narrower term 23

Aesthesis 76% connected

Sensuous perception.

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Beholding 76% connected

of Behold

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Cognizance 76% connected

Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

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Constancy 76% connected

The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature…

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Detection 76% connected

The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a pl…

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Hearing 76% connected

of Hear

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Insight 76% connected

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

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Listening 76% connected

of Listen

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Looking 76% connected

of Look

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Penetration 76% connected

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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Seeing 76% connected

of See

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Sensation 76% connected

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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Sensing 76% connected

of Sense

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Smelling 76% connected

of Smell

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Tasting 76% connected

of Taste

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Perceive 74% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Perceive 74% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Component part 3

form 70% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Pattern 70% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Shape 70% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Synonym 2

Percept 92% connected

That which is perceived.

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Sensing 92% connected

of Sense

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