# perceived

Pronunciation: US say "pur-SEEVD" /pɚˈsivd/; UK say "puh-SEEVD" /pəˈsiːvd/

## Adjective

1. Understood or interpreted in a particular way by the person who observes it, as it appears to them.
   - Simple: Seen or understood in a certain way by someone.
   - _Engineers had to address the perceived safety problems even where the data showed none._
   - _The campaign focused on the perceived weaknesses of the rival product._
3. Widely recognized or accepted as being true.
   - Simple: Thought by most people to be true or real.
   - _For decades the perceived wisdom among coaches was that athletes should avoid drinking water during practice._
   - _The report challenged the perceived benefits of the longstanding policy._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of perceive. — simple past and past participle of perceive
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of perceive. Use this form for noticing or understanding something earlier.
   - _The committee perceived a clear shift in public opinion last spring._
   - _By then, the scientists had perceived the pattern hidden in the data._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/perceived (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).