知覚する
解説 Definition
perceiving は perceive（知覚する、気づく）の現在分詞・動名詞です。目や耳などで感じ取る場合だけでなく、状況や意味を理解する場合にも使います。進行形や名詞的な働きで用いられます。
Perceiving is the present participle and gerund of perceive. It refers to becoming aware of something through the senses or recognizing and understanding it mentally, and it can function in a progressive verb phrase or as a noun-like expression.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
perceiving は perceive「知覚する、気づく」の現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の e を取って -ing を付け、perceiving とします。進行形 be perceiving では知覚の進行を、文頭の Perceiving changes では「変化を知覚すること」を表します。seeing より広く、音や光だけでなく問題の意味を捉える場合にも使えます。
Begin with perceive, meaning to take in through the senses or understand with the mind. Form perceiving by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. The form can appear in a progressive construction, as in “She was perceiving the problem differently,” or act as a gerund, as in “Perceiving small changes takes practice.” Connect it with perception to remember the meaning. Unlike seeing, perceiving is not limited to vision: you may perceive a sound, a change in light, a pattern, or the significance of a situation.
例文
The baby is perceiving sounds more clearly now.
その赤ちゃんは今、音をよりはっきり知覚しています。
Perceiving small changes in light takes practice.
光の小さな変化を知覚するには練習が必要です。
She was perceiving the problem in a new way.
彼女はその問題を新しい見方で捉えていました。
perceiving の類義語・関連語
perceiving の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語percipere（完全に捕らえる）が語源。per-（完全に）＋capere（つかむ）の合成で、感覚で「つかみ取る」→「知覚する」へ発展。関連語：perception（知覚）、capable（能力のある）、capture（捕獲）。
Perceive entered English through Old French percevoir from Latin percipere, meaning “to take, obtain, or grasp fully.” The Latin verb combines per-, suggesting thoroughness, with capere, “to take or seize.” Its meaning developed from taking or grasping to apprehending through the senses or mind. Perceiving is the present-participle and gerund form, made by dropping perceive’s final silent e and adding -ing.
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