noun
1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists (Freq. 3)
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early detection can often lead to a cure
• Syn: ↑detection
• Hypernyms: ↑perception
2. becoming aware of something via the senses
• Syn: ↑perception
• Derivationally related forms: ↑perceptual (for: ↑perception), ↑perceive (for: ↑perception), ↑sense
• Hypernyms: ↑sensory activity
• Hyponyms:
↑look, ↑looking, ↑looking at, ↑listening, ↑hearing, ↑lipreading, ↑taste, ↑tasting, ↑smell, ↑smelling
Useful english dictionary. 2012.