"discern" meaning in Englisch

See discern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: dɪˈsɜːn, dɪˈsəːrn Audio: En-us-discern.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present discern, he discerns, she discerns, it discerns, simple past discerned, present participle discerning, past participle discerned
Etymology: von dem lateinischen Verb dis-cernere ^(→ la)
  1. transitiv oder absolut; förmlich:
    Sense id: de-discern-en-verb-djbFojiV
  2. erkennen, (herausfinden, feststellen, heraushören); [Gut und Böse; Richtig und Falsch] unterscheiden
    Sense id: de-discern-en-verb-k-Xg0gbP
  3. erkennen, wahrnehmen
    Sense id: de-discern-en-verb-NPZ3ZP7l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: recognize, understand Derived forms: discernible, discernment Translations (mental [einen Unterschied, Grund, Muster, Parallelen …]: erkennen): erkennen (Deutsch) Translations (mit den Sinnen der Form oder Figur nach: erkennen, wahrnehmen): wahrnehmen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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