PERCEPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does percept mean? 

• PERCEPT (noun)
  The noun PERCEPT has 1 sense:

1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

  Familiarity information: PERCEPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCEPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

percept; perception; perceptual experience

Hypernyms ("percept" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Meronyms (parts of "percept"):

form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "percept"):

figure (a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground)

ground (a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused)

visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)