"discern" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈsɜːn/ [UK], /dɪˈsɝn/ [US], /dɪˈzɜːn/ [UK], /dɪˈzɝn/ [US] Audio: en-us-discern.ogg [US] 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”), {{m|la|dis-||apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|cernere||to separate}} cernere (“to separate”) 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)
    Sense id: en-discern-en-verb-yGKF573j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 31 32 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 28 22 28 Disambiguation of '(detect with the senses): See also Thesaurus:perceive': 39 30 5 25 Disambiguation of 'to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes': 89 5 1 5
  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 (Chinese Cantonese), 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)
    Sense id: en-discern-en-verb-JVToTCdk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 31 32 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 28 22 28 Disambiguation of 'perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind': 6 75 2 17 Disambiguation of 'to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry': 3 84 1 12
  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 (Chinese Cantonese), 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), skilja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-discern-en-verb-YpKKsfwc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 31 32 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 28 22 28 Disambiguation of 'distinguish something as being different': 4 6 83 8 Disambiguation of 'to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate': 2 3 92 4
  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), se skillnad på (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-discern-en-verb-lH2JtAk2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 31 32 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 28 22 28 Disambiguation of 'to perceive differences': 4 18 2 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spy, spot, distinguish, tell apart Derived forms: discernible, discernment, indiscernible

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for discern meaning in All languages combined (24.2kB)

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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "dispecto"
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          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
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          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "dostrzec"
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          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "dostrzegać"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "zauważyć"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "perceber"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "discerne"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "percepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 5 1 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspoznavátʹ",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "распознава́ть"
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          "roman": "raspoznátʹ",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
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          "word": "распозна́ть"
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          "roman": "različátʹ",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "različítʹ",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "zbadať"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "všimnúť si"
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          "_dis1": "89 5 1 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "spozorovať"
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          "_dis1": "89 5 1 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "percibir"
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          "_dis1": "89 5 1 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "sensar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
          "word": "urskilja"
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          "ref": "1842, Charles Dickens, American Notes for General Circulation, archived from the original on 2011-05-19",
          "text": "If they discern any evidences of wrong-going in any direction that I have indicated, they will acknowledge that I had reason in what I wrote. If they discern no such thing, they will consider me altogether mistaken.",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "zabeljazvam",
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          "word": "забелязвам"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "word": "察覺"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "caat³ kok³",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "word": "察觉"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uvědomit si"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uvědomovat si"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 84 1 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pochopit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 84 1 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chápat"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
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          "different",
          "different"
        ],
        [
          "differentiate",
          "differentiate"
        ],
        [
          "discriminate",
          "discriminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perceive differences."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perceive",
          "perceive"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To perceive differences."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɜːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɝn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈzɜːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈzɝn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-discern.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-us-discern.ogg/En-us-discern.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-discern.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the eyes"
      ],
      "sense": "(detect with the senses): See also Thesaurus:perceive",
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "word": "behold"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(detect with the senses): See also Thesaurus:perceive",
      "word": "see"
    },
    {
      "sense": "perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind",
      "word": "ken"
    },
    {
      "word": "spy"
    },
    {
      "word": "spot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "distinguish something as being different",
      "word": "discriminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "distinguish"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell apart"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎziram",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "word": "съзирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "všimnout si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "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",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "察覺"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "caat³ kok³",
      "sense": "to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry",
      "word": "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",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "辨別"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "bin⁶ bit⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate",
      "word": "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": "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": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to perceive differences",
      "word": "se skillnad på"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discern"
}

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