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discerning
Overview of verb discern
The verb discern has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) 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")
Overview of adj discerning
The adj discerning has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) discerning -- (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader")
2. discerning, discreet -- (unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence")
3. apprehensive, discerning -- (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)
4. discerning -- (able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color")
Antonyms of verb discern
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discern
1 sense of discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb discern
1 sense of discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
=> resolve
=> discriminate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discern
1 sense of discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
'Cause To' of verb discern
Derived Forms of verb discern
1 sense of discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
RELATED TO>(adj) discernible#2
=> discernible
RELATED TO>(adj) discernible#3
=> discernible, evident, observable
RELATED TO>(adj) discernible#1
=> discernible, discernable
RELATED TO>(noun) discernment#3
=> discernment, perceptiveness
Domain of verb discern
Domain Terms of verb discern
Familiarity of verb discern
discern used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb discern
1 sense of discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb discern
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb discern
Sense 1
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
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Grep of verb discern
discern
Antonyms of adj discerning
4 senses of discerning
Sense 1
discerning (vs. undiscerning)
undiscerning (vs. discerning)
=> obtuse, purblind
=> uncomprehending
Sense 2
discerning, discreet
INDIRECT (VIA tactful) -> tactless, untactful
Sense 3
apprehensive, discerning
INDIRECT (VIA perceptive) -> unperceptive, unperceiving
Sense 4
discerning
INDIRECT (VIA discriminating) -> undiscriminating, indiscriminating
Similarity of adj discerning
4 senses of discerning
Sense 1
discerning (vs. undiscerning)
=> clear, percipient
=> clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious
=> prescient
Also See> critical#3; discriminating#1
Sense 2
discerning, discreet
=> tactful (vs. tactless)
Sense 3
apprehensive, discerning
=> perceptive (vs. unperceptive)
Sense 4
discerning
=> discriminating (vs. undiscriminating)
Pertainyms of adj discerning
Attributes of adj discerning
Domain of adj discerning
Domain Terms of adj discerning
Familiarity of adj discerning
discerning used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj discerning
discerning
undiscerning
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