Definitions for DISCERN
dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrndis·cern

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discernverb

   To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

2. discernverb

   To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.

3. discernverb

   To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.

4. discernverb

   To perceive differences.

5. Etymology: From discernen, from discerner, from discernere, from dis- + cernere; see certain.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISCERNverb

   Etymology: discerno, Latin.

   1. To decry; to see; to discover.

   And behold among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7.

   2. To judge; to have knowledge of.

   What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the loving? Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Does any here know me? This is not Lear:
   Does Lear walk thus, speak thus? Where are his eyes?
   Either his motion weakens, or his discernings
   Are lethargied. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   You should be rul’d and led
   By some discretion, that discerns your state
   Better than you yourself. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. To distinguish.

   To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms, from such as will display themselves but in leaves, is no difficult matter. Boyle.

   4. To make the difference between.

   They follow virtue for reward, to-day;
   To-morrow vice, if she give better pay:
   We are so good, or bad, just at a price;
   For nothing else discerns the virtue or vice. Ben Jonson.

2. To Discernverb

   To make distinction.

   Great part of the country was abandoned to the spoils of the soldiers, who not troubling themselves to discern between a subject and a rebel, whilst their liberty lasted, made indifferently profit of both. John Hayward.

   The custom of arguing on any side, even against our persuasions, dims the understanding, and makes it by degrees lose the faculty of discerning between truth and falshood. John Locke.

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1. DISCERN

   DISCERN is an instrument designed to provide users with a reliable way to measure the quality of written health information. It was originally developed by Deborah Charnock, Sasha Shepperd, Gill Needham, and Robert Gann, who reported on its development and validation in a February 1999 paper.DISCERN is designed for use by individual consumers, health information providers, and health professionals. The instrument contains 15 questions that may be rated on a scale of 1–5. Questions are intended to draw user attention to issues of potential bias, content currency, relevance, clarity, evidence, and balance.The DISCERN website was launched in May 1999. Despite originally being developed using printed materials, the tool has been shown to be effective at evaluating the quality of health information on the internet, as well as for printed information.

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1. discern

   Discern is a verb which means to perceive, recognize, or distinguish something, often requiring careful thought or attention. It can also refer to the ability to judge something well.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Discernverb

   to see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish

2. Discernverb

   to see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference

3. Discernverb

   to see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood

4. Discernverb

   to make cognizance

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discern

   diz-ėrn′, v.t. to distinguish clearly by the eye or understanding: to judge (sometimes with between).—n. Discern′er.—adj. Discern′ible.—adv. Discern′ibly.—p.adj. Discern′ing, discriminating, acute.—n. Discern′ment, power or faculty of discriminating: judgment: acuteness. [L. discern˘ere—dis, thoroughly, and cernĕre, to sift, perceive.]

Anagrams for DISCERN »

1. cinders

2. rescind

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DISCERN in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DISCERN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of DISCERN in a Sentence

1. Mahabharata:

   Heaven?s gate is narrow and minute,* It cannot be perceived by foolish men, Blinded by vain illusions of the world. E?en the clear-sighted, who discern the way And seek to enter, find the portal barred And hard to be unlocked. Its massive bolts Are pride and passion, avarice and lust.

2. Peter Stahl:

   Whether or not that is related to testosterone deficiency or usual things like not sleeping enough, poor lifestyle and lack of exercise, is very difficult to discern.

3. Carl Jung:

   As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

4. Harvey Fineberg:

   Everybody wants to know -- am I immune ? Can I now visit Grandma so that I'm not a threat to her and she's not a threat to me ? how do we discern the people who can now safely go out and about ? That's an important personal and social question.

5. Sanskrit Proverb:

   Men soon the faults of others learn, A few their virtues, too, find out; But is there one?I have a doubt? Who can his own defects discern?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DISCERN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Discern
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DISCERN
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discern
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DISCERN
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DISCERN