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Percept

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The object of perception.

n. A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts; a sense datum.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. That which is perceived.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The immediate object in perception, in the sense in which that word is used by modern psychologists.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Word Usage

"It consists in intermediary experiences (possible, if not actual) of continuously developing progress, and, finally, of fulfillment, when the sensible percept, which is the object, is reached."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

internal representation mental representation representation

Hyponym

visual image figure ground visual percept

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

object

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

conceiver knower bondage perceiver kinesthesis