perceive verb [ T ] (BELIEVE)
C1 to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something:
How do the French perceive the British?
Women's magazines are often perceived to be superficial.
More examples
- America is perceived of as being less class-conscious than Britain.
- He perceives himself to be a failure, though nothing could be further from the truth.
- She perceives me as some sort of tyrant.
- How do you perceive your new role?
- New technology was perceived to be a threat to employment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
- are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
- as if! idiom
- authority
- believe
- believe sth when you see it idiom
- denial
- have something on good authority idiom
- I'll eat my hat idiom
- iconoclastic
- in your dreams! idiom
- incredulous
- joke
- Marines
- quarrel with sth
- salt
- satisfied
- self-deception
- since when idiom
- take sth with a pinch of salt idiom
- worship
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