perceived

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perceived

/pəˈsiːvd/ UK
/pɚˈsivd/ US

adjective

not comparable Generally recognized to be true. The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore
not comparable As seen or understood by someone. 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.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of perceive The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: detected, sensed, felt, perceptible, perceptual, seeming, apparent, understood, considered, perception, thought, looked, envisaged, imagined, recognized, visible

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@misc{perceived_2026,
  title = {perceived},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perceived},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}