"perceptive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pəˈsɛptɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈsɛptɪv/ [General-American] Forms: more perceptive [comparative], most perceptive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪv Head templates: {{en-adj}} perceptive (comparative more perceptive, superlative most perceptive)
  1. Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition. Categories (topical): Personality Related terms: perceive, perception, perceptivity, perceptively Translations (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition): αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós) (Ancient Greek), възприемчив (vǎzpriemčiv) (Bulgarian), схватлив (shvatliv) (Bulgarian), vnímavý [masculine] (Czech), opmærksom (Danish), klarsynet (Danish), opmerkzaam (Dutch), akrasenta (Esperanto), havaintokykyinen (Finnish), tarkkanäköinen (Finnish), terävä (Finnish), perspicace (French), pertinent (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), 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-2hID8PKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "възприемчив"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "opmærksom"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "klarsynet"
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      "word": "opmerkzaam"
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "akrasenta"
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "tarkkanäköinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "terävä"
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      "word": "pertinent"
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      "word": "scharfsinnig"
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      "word": "értelmes"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "figyelmes"
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "céadfach"
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "про́никлив"
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      "word": "воспри́емчив"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "perspicaz"
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      "word": "perspicace"
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      "word": "восприи́мчивый"
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      "word": "insiktsfull"
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      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "klarsynt"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition",
      "word": "idrak sahibi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perceptive"
}

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