200 BM Daily Vocabulary #32 | perceive

<p>Today’s word is: <strong>perceive</strong> – <strong>perceive</strong> means to see, hear or feel something or to have an understanding of something as per your own experience or knowledge</p> <p>In this English vocabulary lesson, you will learn how to use the word <strong>perceive</strong>. We are sure that this ESL lesson will help you to enhance your English vocabulary and speak English fluently and confidently.</p> <p><strong>Example number 1 of 8:</strong> While traveling on a family road trip, the kids were constantly taking names of various animals and birds like, snow bear, camel, peacock and so on. Mrs. Jonas (the mother) was astounded (surprised) because they were on a highway and there were no forests or snow around. So what exactly were they watching? The kids were watching the clouds and <strong>perceiving</strong> the shape of the animal or bird that they could visualize in the sky. So what may seem like a cloud to us, children may <strong>perceived</strong> it as an animal or a bird.</p> <p><strong>Example number 2 of 8:</strong> Comfort shoes was a dying business. Everyone in the industry <strong>perceived</strong> it as a loss-making business with no future at all. However, Mr. Rajat Chopra, owner of a competing firm <strong>perceived</strong> it differently. He <strong>perceived</strong> it as a firm that lacked leadership and direction. He took over the company, changed the designers, vendors and marketing strategy. It took just one year for them to recover all their losses and now they are a profit making company.</p> <p><strong>Example number 3 of 8:</strong> The class was informed that the trainer will be delayed by 15 minutes owing to traffic issues just before the class started. This situation seemed as a waste of time to some of the students. However, Betty <strong>perceived</strong> it as an opportunity and she took the initiative to revise the previous day’s lessons with the class. When the trainer arrived, the class was ready for the session.</p> <p><strong>Example number 4 of 8:</s