discern
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɜːn/
The English word “discern” has 4 meanings listed here.
verb
- To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
- To perceive differences.
Etymology
From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to distinguish”); see certain.
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