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Common collocations with perceive in American Collocation

perceive verb transitive

US /pərˈsiv/

in general

commonly
generally
widely

The main political parties are widely perceived to be too similar.

clearly

clearly

He received what he clearly perceived to be threatening phone calls.

only slightly

dimly

The extent to which their own economy is propped up by public money is only dimly perceived, if at all.

in different ways

differently

The circumstances surrounding the breakdown may be perceived differently by the patient and the doctor.

problem
threat

Parking is generally not perceived as a problem in the town.