perceiving

English

Pronunciation

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

perceiving

present participle of perceive

Noun

perceiving (plural perceivings)

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 […]

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