# perceiving

Pronunciation: US say "pur-SEE-ving" /pɚˈsivɪŋ/; UK say "puh-SEE-ving" /pəˈsiːvɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of perceive. — present participle and gerund of perceive
   - Simple: The -ing form of perceive. Use it to name the action, or after a noun to describe it.
   - _Perceiving a shift in the crowd's mood, the speaker changed tack._
   - _Perceiving the difference between the two shades takes practice._

## Noun

2. The act by which something is registered or understood through the senses or the mind.
   - Simple: The act of noticing or understanding something with the senses or the mind.
   - _The perceiving of depth relies on input from both eyes working together._
   - _A child's perceiving of spoken language grows quickly in the first years._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/perceiving (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).