perceiving

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsivɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsiːvɪŋ/

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Verb

perceiving

1. present participle and gerund of perceive

Noun

perceiving (plural perceivings)

1. The act by which something is perceived.
   • 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73:

     To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]

Anagrams

• percieving