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1. (v.t.) discern
to perceive by the sight or other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend.
2. discern
to distinguish mentally; discriminate:
to discern right from wrong.
3. (v.i.) discern
to distinguish or discriminate.
Etymology: (1300–50; < L discernere to separate =dis-dis -1+cernere to separate)
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| Definition of 'discern' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
detect with the senses
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) discern
to see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish
2. (verb) discern
to see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference
3. (verb) discern
to see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood
4. (verb) discern
to make cognizance
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Sense: to see or realize; to notice
We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.
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 Afrikaans: waarneem, uitmaak |
 Arabic: يَرى بِوَضوح، يُدْرِك |
 Bulgarian: различавам |
 Brazilian: discernir |
 Czech: poznat, rozeznat |
 German: erkennen |
 Danish: opdage; erkende; opfatte |
 Greek: διακρίνω |
 Spanish: percibir, distinguir, dar |
 Estonian: märkama |
 Farsi: تشخیص دادن؛ فهمیدن |
 Finnish: havaita |
 French: discerner |
 Hebrew: לְהָבחִין |
 Hindi: देखना, पताल गाना |
 Croatian: razlučiti, opaziti |
 Hungarian: észrevesz |
 Indonesian: melihat |
 Icelandic: sjá, átta sig á |
 Italian: scorgere, percepire |
 Japanese: 見付ける |
 Korean: 알아보다 |
 Lithuanian: pastebėti, įžiūrėti |
 Latvian: saskatīt; ieraudzīt; atšķ |
 Malay: melihat |
 Dutch: merken, onderscheiden |
 Norwegian: bli var, oppdage, skjelne |
 Polish: spostrzegać |
 Persian: تشخیص دادن؛ فهمیدن |
 Pashto: ليدل پوهېدل (په)، تشخيصول |
 Portuguese: aperceber-se |
 Romanian: a distinge |
 Russian: заметить |
 Slovak: rozoznať |
 Slovenian: zaznati |
 Serbian: primetiti |
 Swedish: skönja, märka |
 Thai: มองออก |
 Turkish: farketmek, farkına varmak |
 Taiwanese: 辨認出 |
 Ukrainian: розрізняти, розпізнавати |
 Urdu: ادراک کرنا |
 Vietnamese: thấy rõ |
 Chinese: 辨认出 |
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