perceptive

[US]/pəˈseptɪv/
[UK]/pərˈseptɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having strong insight; sharp
adv. with strong insight; sharply
n. strong insight; understanding

Example Sentences

a good perceptive article

an extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationship.

This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.

a highly perceptive analysis of the problem

she has rightly won laurels for this brilliantly perceptive first novel.

Real-world Examples

You need to be perceptive enough to make your decision quickly.

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The problem is sure to get worse the more thoughtful and perceptive we are.

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I thought he was resourceful, perceptive, adaptive, and just generally open-minded.

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Bree is very beautiful and very classy, but she's not very perceptive.

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Smells tend to evoke early, perceptive memories of events, not concepts.

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After charging, it is capable to simulate the perceptive function of real skin.

Source: Selected English short passages

They're very perceptive about what other people are feeling and usually know what's going on.

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He laughs out of context occasionally. He's not as perceptive as the average tree stump, y'know.

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Even without ears, eyes, or a nose, plants are very perceptive – they notice things around them.

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But, as teaching assistant Jane Morrison explained, the task should not be too difficult for the perceptive teacher.

Source: New Horizons College English Reading and Writing Course (Second Edition)

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