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SENSED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

Example:

a perceived threat

Synonyms:

perceived; sensed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

detected (perceived or discerned)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb sense

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 Context examples: 

Perhaps they sensed his wild-wood breed, and instinctively felt for him the enmity that the domestic dog feels for the wolf.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They sensed between themselves and him a difference of kind—cause sufficient in itself for hostility.

(White Fang, by Jack London)