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perception
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French perception, from Latin percepti? (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipi? (“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
Noun
perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Conscious understanding of something.
- perception of time
- Vision (ability)
- Acuity
- (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
Synonyms
- ken
Related terms
- perceive
- percept
- perceptual
Derived terms
- petite perception
Translations
Further reading
- perception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- preception
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin percepti?, percepti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
perception f (plural perceptions)
- tax collection
- perception (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- petite perception (philosophy)
Related terms
- percevoir
References
- “perception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
perception From the web:
- what perception means
- what perception definition
- what perception in online classes
- what perception you have about the british
intention
English
Alternative forms
- entention (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intention, entention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio, intentionem. Compare intent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?n??n/
- Hyphenation: in?ten?tion
- Rhymes: -?n??n
- Homophone: intension
Noun
intention (countable and uncountable, plural intentions)
- The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- Hell is paved with good intentions.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
- , I.iii.3:
- cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
- , I.iii.3:
- A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
- it is attention : when the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study
- (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts; […].
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
- (medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
- When healing occurs by primary intention, the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
Synonyms
- (purpose behind a specific action): See also Thesaurus:intention
Derived terms
- counter-intention
- intentional
- secondary intention
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- well-intentioned
Related terms
- intend
- intent
- well-intended
Translations
Verb
intention (third-person singular simple present intentions, present participle intentioning, simple past and past participle intentioned)
- Intend
Translations
References
- intention at OneLook Dictionary Search
- intention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Finnish
Noun
intention
- Genitive singular form of intentio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French entention, from Old French entencion, borrowed from Latin intenti?, intenti?nem. Respelled intention in Middle French to more closely match the Classical Latin form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.sj??/
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- intention
Derived terms
Further reading
- “intention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- Alternative form of entention
intention From the web:
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