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Definition of Perceived

1. Adjective. Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues. "A perceived threat"

2. Adjective. Detected by means of the senses. "A perceived difference in temperature"

Definition of Perceived

1. Adjective. generally recognized to be true ¹

2. Adjective. as seen or understood by an individual ¹

3. Verb. (past of perceive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perceived

1. perceive [v] - See also: perceive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perceived

percarbonates percarburet percarbureted percarburets percase perce perceant perced perceiue perceiv'd

perceivable perceivableness perceivably perceivance perceive perceived (current term) perceived temperature perceivedness perceiver perceivers

perceives perceiveth perceiving percely percen percent percent sign percentage percentage point percentage rate

Literary usage of Perceived

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"We perceived then the woman very attentive ; but whether fhe faid any thing or no, we could not tell. ..."

2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"I saw also that he looked this way and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, as I perceived, he could not tell which way to go. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"The queen and the government perceived that public opinion was not in the mood to permit lavish or unconditional grants, and it was soon apparent that a ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Suppose, for example, that I am interested to determine the least difference between two weights that can be perceived by the lifting hand. ..."

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