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Lesson 4: Determining author's purposePerceive | Vocabulary
Let’s explore the meaning and origin of the word “perceive”. Created by David Rheinstrom.
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- [David] Open your minds, wordsmiths. We're talking about the word perceive. Ah, it's one of those E before I words, some of the hardest to spell in English. Perceive is a verb. This verb means to notice something. You might also know it from
its noun form, perception. Perception. It's a non-specific way of saying that your senses are picking something up. You can perceive sights, smells,
tastes, sounds, feelings. Perception, perceiving,
covers all of that. So this comes from Latin. All of it does. Because of the E before
I thing in the verb form, I think it's a little easier
to break it down as a noun, so let's look at perception. So per is a prefix that
means completely or through. The cept part comes from capita, which you might also see as capt, C-A-P-T. It means to grasp, to grab. And ion is a noun-forming suffix, right, an ending that turns
other words into nouns. So perception is when you
grasp something completely, when you understand it. Let's take 10 seconds and come
up with some similar words that contain these elements,
per and capt and ion. Three, two, one. Let's jam. (cheerful upbeat music) Okay, here's some I came up with. Pervasive, an adjective
meaning everywhere. Per means through and vadere means to go. Compare the word invade, right, to go in. So something that's pervasive has completely gone through a community. Pervasive influence, pervasive
illness, pervasive trends. Capture, a verb meaning
to grab, to take by force. This is probably as close a
direct English translation as you can get of the Latin verb capere. Reception, a noun meaning
getting something, receiving a thing. You might have bad
reception in the dining room because the Wi-Fi is weak there. Or reception can mean a formal event like a wedding reception. The thing you are receiving is partygoers. You are welcoming them
to celebrate with you. Let's use perception and perceive
in a couple of sentences. Thanks to his keen powers of perception, Walter saw that the bridge
was about to collapse and kept everyone away. He saw it. He noticed it, right? He looked at the bridge and he was like, "That structural beam exhibits
signs of metal fatigue." Good eye, Walter. Thanks for saving lives. Let's do another one. Using her psychic powers,
Jade perceived Vivek before he entered the room. Right, she's sensing
him with, in this case, her psychic powers. And, of course, another
term for psychic powers is extrasensory perception. Hmm? What we used to call the sixth sense. That's right, I'm putting
more content in the outro. Try to stop me. Oh right, I forgot. I cannot be stopped. But you can't either because
you can learn anything. David out.