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perceived
| Main Entry: |
perceived
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seen |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, felt, grasped, heard, heeded, noted, noticed, observed, picked up, reacted to, recognized, sensed, touched, understood, witnessed |
| Main Entry: | perceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, conclude, copy, deduce, distinguish, feature, feel, flash*, gather, get, get the message, get the picture, grasp, know, learn, pin, read, realize, recognize, see, sense, track |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | found |
| Synonyms: | ascertained, detected, disclosed, disinterred, espied, explored, exposed, famous, happened upon, identified, invented, learned, observed, opened, originated, perceived, presented, real, recognized, revealed, searched out, shown, sighted, spotted, unearthed, unlocked, unveiled, well-known |
| Antonyms: | hidden, lost, unfound |
| Main Entry: | noticed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seen |
| Synonyms: | observed, perceived, recorded, remarked |
| Main Entry: | observed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticed |
| Synonyms: | ascertained, attended, beheld, checked, contemplated, descried, detected, discerned, discovered, espied, examined, found, heard, heeded, inspected, looked at, marked, noted, noticed, perceived, realized, recognized, regarded, revealed, scrutinized, seen, surveyed, viewed, watched |
| Antonyms: | unnoticed, unperceived, unseen |
| Main Entry: | recognized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acknowledged |
| Synonyms: | accepted, admitted, allowed, caught, customary, identified, known, perceived, realized, recalled, remembered, sanctioned, sighted |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize worth |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of, understand |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | behold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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