Synonyms:
detection, sensing
Meaning: the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Usage examples
Sensing his mood, Helen walked beside him filled with respect.
Sensing their predicament and fearing any loss of prestige, they risked a slight advance.
"I know nothing about Mr. Lyne," interrupted Milburgh, sensing that Ling Chu in some way associated him with Thornton Lyne's misadventures.
He gets his knowledge of their reaction by sensing lightly their emotions, the surges of interest, hate, love, fear, desire, the sweep of large and small sensations that accompany all thought and action.