Definitions
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- adjective
generally recognized to betrue - adjective as
seen orunderstood by an individual - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
perceive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
- adjective detected by means of the senses
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Examples
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In other words, physiologists here fully recognize that colour, or any other thing perceived, only exists _as perceived_ in virtue of a subjective element blending with an objective; the thing _as perceived_ is recognized as having no existence apart from its relation to a percipient mind.
Mind and Motion and Monism George John Romanes 1871
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If a thing were never perceived, or inferred from perception, we should indeed never know that it existed; but once perceived or inferred it may be more conducive to comprehension and practical competence to regard it as existing independently of our perception; and our ability to make this supposition is registered in the difference between the two words _to be_ and _to be perceived_ -- words which are by no means synonymous but designate two very different relations of things in thought.
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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a particular kind of emotion, which is the same as saying that they are only concerned with things perceived as ends in themselves; for it is only when things are _perceived_ as ends that they _become_ means to this emotion.
Art Clive Bell 1922
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A great way for me to learn to relax has been my study of what I call the perceived rate of exertion PRE.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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I suspect that what you describe as perceived push vs pull is a key factor in his thinking.
davidrothman.net » Montréal’s Jewish General Hospital Health Sciences Library Starts RSS Services 2006
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The title refers to Alan Greenspan's admission in his testimony before Congress that he had discovered "a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works so to speak."
Stephen Lambert: The Flaw : Examining the Roots of Economic Malaise Stephen Lambert 2010
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In France in particular ... the way women are perceived is not that once y ou re past 40, you re past IT.
Tribeca Film: Kristin Scott Thomas: Leaving Tribeca Film 2010
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In short, the only way to really eliminate conflict of interest, whether real or perceived, is to rely on a group of enthusiasts.
Wine Advocate Writers Spark Ethics Debate - Wall Street Journal | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The title refers to Alan Greenspan's admission in his testimony before Congress that he had discovered "a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works so to speak."
Stephen Lambert: The Flaw : Examining the Roots of Economic Malaise Stephen Lambert 2010
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The title refers to Alan Greenspan's admission in his testimony before Congress that he had discovered "a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works so to speak."
Stephen Lambert: The Flaw : Examining the Roots of Economic Malaise Stephen Lambert 2010
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