Perceived
//pəˈsiːvd// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of perceive form-of, participle, past
"The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance."
Adjective
- 1 Generally recognized to be true. not-comparable
"The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore"
- 2 As seen or understood by someone. not-comparable
"In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same."
Adjective
- 1 detected by means of the senses wordnet
- 2 detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues wordnet
Example
More examples"I perceived an object looming through the mist."
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