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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈsɜːn/ [UK], /dɪˈsɝn/ [US], /dɪˈzɜːn/ [UK], /dɪˈzɝn/ [US] Audio: en-us-discern.ogg Forms: discerns [present, singular, third-person], discerning [participle, present], discerned [participle, past], discerned [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”); see certain. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|discernen}} Middle English discernen, {{der|en|fro|discerner}} Old French discerner, {{der|en|la|discernere||to separate, divide, distinguish, discern}} Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} discern (third-person singular simple present discerns, present participle discerning, simple past and past participle discerned)
  1. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes. Tags: transitive Synonyms ((detect with the senses): See also Thesaurus:perceive): behold [especially], see Translations (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes): съзирам (sǎziram) (Bulgarian), všimnout si [perfective] (Czech), všímat si [imperfective] (Czech), vnímat [imperfective] (Czech), zpozorovat [perfective] (Czech), zaznamenat [perfective] (Czech), huomata (Finnish), havaita (Finnish), nähdä (note: with eyes) (Finnish), discerner (French), albiscar (Galician), aperceber (Galician), erkennen (German), wahrnehmen (German), bemerken (German), feststellen (German), merken (German), mitbekommen (German), percepire (Italian), 인지하다 (injihada) (Korean), dispicio (Latin), dispecto (Latin), prospicio (Latin), dostrzec (Polish), dostrzegać (Polish), zauważyć (Polish), zauważać (Polish), perceber (Portuguese), discerne (Romanian), percepe (Romanian), распознава́ть (raspoznavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), распозна́ть (raspoznátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), различа́ть (različátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), различи́ть (različítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zbadať (Slovak), všimnúť si (Slovak), spozorovať (Slovak), percibir (Spanish), sensar (Spanish), urskilja (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry. Tags: transitive Synonyms (perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind): ken Translations (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry): забелязвам (zabeljazvam) (Bulgarian), 察覺 /察觉 (caat³ kok³) (Chinese Cantonese), uvědomit si [perfective] (Czech), uvědomovat si [imperfective] (Czech), pochopit [perfective] (Czech), chápat [imperfective] (Czech), havaita (Finnish), cousir (Galician), decerner (Galician), erkennen (German), verstehen (German), herauslesen (German), wahrnehmen (German), διακρίνω (diakríno) (Greek), dispicio (Latin), dispecto (Latin), discernir (Portuguese), uvedomiť si (Slovak), pochopiť (Slovak), vislumbrar (Spanish), discernir (Spanish), sensar (Spanish), urskilja (Swedish)
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  3. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate. Tags: transitive Synonyms (distinguish something as being different): discriminate Translations (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate): পৃথকীকরণ (prithkikron) (Bengali), разпознавам (razpoznavam) (Bulgarian), различавам (različavam) (Bulgarian), 辨別 /辨别 (english: bin⁶ bit⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), odlišit [perfective] (Czech), rozeznat [perfective] (Czech), rozeznávat [imperfective] (Czech), odlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), rozlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), onderscheiden (Dutch), erottaa (Finnish), decerner (Galician), disterar (Galician), acolumbrar (Galician), diferenciar (Galician), estremar (Galician), unterscheiden (German), διακρίνω (diakríno) (Greek), 식별하다 (sikbyeolhada) (Korean), dispicio (Latin), dispecto (Latin), internoscō (Latin), rozróżniać (Polish), rozróżnić (Polish), discernir (Portuguese), distinguir (Portuguese), diferenciar (Portuguese), वेवेक्ति (vevekti) (Sanskrit), rozoznať (Slovak), rozlíšiť (Slovak), discernir (Spanish), sensar (Spanish), discerner (Spanish), skilja (Swedish)
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  4. (intransitive) To perceive differences. Tags: intransitive Translations (to perceive differences): различавам (različavam) (Bulgarian), rozlišit [perfective] (Czech), odlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), rozlišovat [imperfective] (Czech), unterscheiden (German), dispicio (Latin), dispecto (Latin), discernir (Portuguese), odlíšiť (Slovak), postrehnúť (Slovak), sensar (Spanish), discerner (Spanish), se skillnad på (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spy, spot, distinguish, tell apart Derived forms: discernability, discernable, discernance, discernible, discernment, indiscernible, misdiscern, undiscerned

Inflected forms

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          "word": "havaita"
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          "word": "discerner"
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          "word": "percepire"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "všímat si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vnímat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zpozorovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaznamenat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "huomata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "havaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "with eyes",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "nähdä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "discerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "albiscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "aperceber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "erkennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "wahrnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "bemerken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "feststellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "merken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "mitbekommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "percepire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "injihada",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "인지하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "dispicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "dispecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "prospicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "dostrzec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "dostrzegać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "zauważyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "zauważać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "perceber"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "discerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "percepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspoznavátʹ",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распознава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspoznátʹ",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "распозна́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "različátʹ",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "различа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "različítʹ",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "различи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "zbadať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "všimnúť si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "spozorovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "percibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "sensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "urskilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabeljazvam",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "забелязвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "caat³ kok³",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "察覺 /察觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uvědomit si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uvědomovat si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pochopit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chápat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "havaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "cousir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "decerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "erkennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "verstehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "herauslesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "wahrnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakríno",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "διακρίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "dispicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "dispecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "discernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "uvedomiť si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "pochopiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "vislumbrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "discernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "sensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "urskilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "prithkikron",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "পৃথকীকরণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razpoznavam",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "разпознавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "različavam",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "различавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "bin⁶ bit⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "辨別 /辨别"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odlišit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozeznat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozeznávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odlišovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozlišovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "onderscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "erottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "decerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "disterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "acolumbrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "diferenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "estremar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "unterscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakríno",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "διακρίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sikbyeolhada",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "식별하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "dispicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "dispecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "internoscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "rozróżniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "rozróżnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "discernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "distinguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "diferenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vevekti",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "वेवेक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "rozoznať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "rozlíšiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "discernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "sensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "discerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "skilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "različavam",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "различавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozlišit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odlišovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozlišovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "unterscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "dispicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "dispecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "discernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "odlíšiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "postrehnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "sensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "discerner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "se skillnad på"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discern"
}

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