Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A precept; an injunction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A precept.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
precept .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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An ounce of preception is worth a pound of substance.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
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Their critical and often well-voiced preception is that some peoples north of the Mexican border, 'live to work'.
Gwil commented on the word preception
Every single example of preception in the examples and tweets lists today is just a typo for perception, judging from the contexts. Webster's Third International gives a technical meaning for preception in Roman law. Aside from that, there's no need to use preception. Precept means the same thing and is shorter and more familiar.
February 24, 2012