PERCEIVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perceived mean? 

• PERCEIVED (adjective)
  The adjective PERCEIVED has 2 senses:

1. detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

2. detected by means of the senses

  Familiarity information: PERCEIVED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCEIVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

Synonyms:

perceived; sensed

Context example:

a perceived threat

Similar:

detected (perceived or discerned)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Detected by means of the senses

Context example:

a perceived difference in temperature

Similar:

detected (perceived or discerned)

 Context examples 

He perceived and determined and responded in the same instant.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

In this walk Emma and Mr. Weston found all the others assembled; and towards this view she immediately perceived Mr. Knightley and Harriet distinct from the rest, quietly leading the way.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

At the second glance, however, I perceived that there was a man standing in the Southampton Road, a small bearded man in a grey suit, who seemed to be looking in my direction.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A card of mine lay on the table; this being perceived, brought my name under discussion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Elinor perceived with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He had also changed my apartment; for he perceived that I had acquired a dislike for the room which had previously been my laboratory.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status.

(Health Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions.

(Perceptual Distortion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A series of events in which cells in the nose bind to scent-bearing molecules and send electrical signals to the brain where they are perceived as smells.

(Olfactory transduction, NCI Dictionary)

A characteristic of an image that measures its perceived quality, especially as compared to an ideal or perfect image.

(Image Quality, NCI Thesaurus)