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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pəˈsɛptɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈsɛptɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perceptive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more perceptive [comparative], most perceptive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪv Etymology: From Latin perceptīvus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|en|la|perceptīvus}} Latin perceptīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} perceptive (comparative more perceptive, superlative most perceptive)
  1. Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition. Synonyms: percipient, poignant [literary] Derived forms: imperceptive, metaperceptive, misperceptive, nonperceptive, perceptiveness, photoperceptive, unperceptive, visuoperceptive Related terms: perceive, perception, perceptivity, perceptively Translations (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition): αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós) (Ancient Greek), възприемчив (văzpriemčiv) (Bulgarian), схватлив (shvatliv) (Bulgarian), aperceptiu (Catalan), vnímavý [masculine] (Czech), opmærksom (Danish), klarsynet (Danish), opmerkzaam (Dutch), scherpzinnig (Dutch), akrasenta (Esperanto), havaintokykyinen (Finnish), tarkkanäköinen (Finnish), terävä (Finnish), perspicace (French), pertinent (French), perceptif (French), scharfsinnig (German), einfühlsam (German), οξυδερκής (oxyderkís) (Greek), értelmes (Hungarian), éles eszű (Hungarian), éles szemű (Hungarian), jó szemű (Hungarian), figyelmes (Hungarian), jó felfogású (Hungarian), gyors felfogóképességű (Hungarian), jó megfigyelő (Hungarian), jó megfigyelőképességű (Hungarian), airitheach (Irish), braiteach (Irish), céadfach (Irish), céadfaíoch (Irish), grinn (Irish), léirsteanach (Irish), mothaitheach (Irish), perspicace (Italian), acuto (Italian), sagāx (Latin), perceptīvus (Latin), perspicāx (Latin), про́никлив (prónikliv) (Macedonian), воспри́емчив (vospríemčiv) (Macedonian), perspicaz (Portuguese), perceptivo [Brazil] (Portuguese), perspicace (Romanian), perceptiv (Romanian), восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj) (Russian), perspicaz (Spanish), insiktsfull (Swedish), klarsynt (Swedish), watasin (Tagalog), idrak sahibi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-perceptive-en-adj-nqrzE~Un
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈsɛptɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈsɛptɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perceptive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perceptives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪv Etymology: From Latin perceptīvus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|en|la|perceptīvus}} Latin perceptīvus Head templates: {{en-noun}} perceptive (plural perceptives)
  1. (phrenology) A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality. Coordinate_terms: reflective
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Adjective [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} perceptive
  1. feminine singular of perceptif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: perceptif
    Sense id: en-perceptive-fr-adj-xhIAMr9p Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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