to discern
70
5.8
- verb
- /dɪˈsɜrn/
:
distinguir
- Further analysis is required to discern any differences between national and California trends.
- discern small details
- discern patterns
- discern a difference
Like, how do we discern the good from the bad actors?
- Like, how do we discern the good from the bad actors?
- So this doesn't help me to discern what the properties are of the kilogram.
- Put yourself in new novel situations to discern what you like.
- So what was more important to me was to understand and discern what that person's talents were.
- And you know, you have to discern what idea is worth.
- I mean, he's still a skeleton, as kids can discern.
- Yes, that that's the argument that Michael McGuire discerned in the matter of serotonin.
- She has reckoned the wages of emotional labor and sought to discern where the right sees wrongs.
- Like the hardest thing in this space is how to discern between who's legit and who isn't.
- Because it's out of that that we, we discern, we discern our values.
Examples
-
As the fog lifted, we could finally discern the shapes of the mountains in the distance.
-
When we started working together, you had lost your capacity to discern reality from fiction.
-
The whole idea is to create space to be able to discern that voice.
-
Sarah, the only way to discern the truth of any vision is to measure it against the word of God.
-
The question is, can we discern any pattern in the numbers?
-
I'm trying to discern between essential and good.
-
It helps us discern relationships, patterns, and outliers.
-
The philosopher's role is to discern the leading ideas that each mode postulates.
Academic text (1991) -
As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I could discern the outlines of Chris's face.
Fiction book (1995) -
With a keen eye, she was able to discern the subtle differences between the two paintings.
Synonyms
∞
1.4
To see or hear someone and know who they are
763
3.2
Find something that is hard to notice
629
4.2
To notice something by feeling or by using a tool
576
2.1
To notice someone or something, especially when it is hard
177
3.1
To notice differences between things or people
142
3.9
To notice something that is not obvious
109
4.6
To see, hear, or understand something when it is hard
83
3.7
To notice something with your senses, especially sight or hearing
64
3.0
Notice a sound or sight among other things
41
3.0
To notice a difference between two similar things
15
4.0
Find something by searching, often by smell
To find something by smell or by careful searching
Antonyms
How Detectable
∞
1.8
- US
∞
1.4
369
3.0
∞
1.0
70
5.8
763
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Discern comes from the Latin parts dis- meaning 'apart' and cernere meaning 'to sift' or 'separate'. Picture someone slowly sifting through fog or a pile of small things to find one item — that's why to discern something is to pick it out or notice it carefully when it is hard to see.