English-French translations for perceive

• percevoir
  Comment devons-nous, dans les pays directement concernés, percevoir cette Constitution? How should we, from the countries directly affected, perceive this constitution?
  Pour l’heure, nous pouvons percevoir une tendance à régler les questions de désarmement en dehors des cadres internationaux. Just now, though, we can perceive a trend towards settling disarmament matters outside of international frameworks.
  Toutefois, il est difficile de percevoir une motivation aussi forte pour résoudre des problèmes politiques épineux mais importants. It is, however, hard to perceive an equally strong motivation to resolve difficult but important political problems.
• comprendre, saisir
• constater
  Il est toutefois difficile de ne pas constater certaines carences dans le domaine de la cohésion sociale et territoriale. It is, however, difficult not to perceive certain defects in the sphere of social and territorial cohesion.
  Sur cette question, notre groupe reste préoccupé par le manque de volonté que nous avons cru constater au sein du Conseil. On this subject, our group is still concerned about what we perceive as a lack of resolve within the Council.
  Force m'est de constater que, partout dans le monde, les gens croient qu'ils sont le centre de l'univers. I find that wherever people are in the world, they tend to perceive themselves as being at the centre of the universe.
• s’apercevoir

Definition of perceive

• To become aware of, through the physical senses or by thinking; to see; to understand

Related words

• apperceive
• reperceive
• perceived temperature
• capable of being perceived by the senses